theaceandaroadvocacyproject: content warning for rape mention on the first graphic, under the first
theaceandaroadvocacyproject: content warning for rape mention on the first graphic, under the first bullet pointIn honor of Juneteenth, today we are talking about the intersection between blackness and aromanticism or asexuality. The experiences of black people and descendants of the African Diaspora in white colonialist countries are marked by struggle and resistance - in a society that views your body as an exotic commodity, asserting agency over your sexuality should not be taken for granted. Note, these graphics focus on the experiences of black and African people in countries such as the United States, England, and Canada, as that is what we here at TAAAP understand best. We encourage you to discuss your own experiences in your own parts of the world! This is not meant to be comprehensive, simply a starting point for thinking about what black aces and aros experience. [ID: two light brown images with the TAAAP logo in the upper right corner and black text. The first images shows a graphic of a dark skinned person in a white t shirt with chin length curly green hair. This image reads “Being Ace or Aro and Black. Mammy: Caricature of an “undesirable” slave woman who was loyal to white families. Stereotyped as asexual because a lack of desire made it convenient to force her into lifelong labor for a family that was not her own, while also ignoring how common it was for house slaves/servants to be raped. Takes away the agency of claiming an asexual identity and stigmatizes it. Hypersexual: European imperialism has deemed Black masculinity a sexual threat and sees Black femininity as always sexual and always willing. Asexuality is seen as incompatible and aromanticism is further pathologized as something separate from a “good” or “pure” sexuality.” The second image depicts a brown skinned person in a white t shirt with ear length kinky purple hair and a purple beard. This image reads “Being Ace or Aro and Black. Upholding White Supremacy": Inner-community arguments over the assumed necessity of black nuclear families. Conservative Black people, aided by a lot of capitalist state propaganda, believe that much of the plight of Black communities is due to non-nuclear family structures and “deviant” sexual/romantic behaviors (such as being a single parent, not engaging in long-term monogamy or marriage, etc). People who do not wish to get married, do not wish to have children, or want to have sex and/or children outside of romantic relationships are sometimes blamed for furthering their own/their community’s own oppression and suffering.” End ID.] -- source link
#arospec#aromantic#actuallyaromantic