The Intersection of Sexism and Racism with Speciesism

Name of Author : Dr. R P Monika

Abstract: The works of black American women feminists serve as one of the best examples of the intersectionality of oppressions. As feminists who experience practically all forms of oppression, including racism, colonialism, and speciesism, this author is acutely aware of the complex web of oppression, which they explore in detail in their writings. It is possible to characterize Toni Morrison as an ecofeminist author who dismantles the woman, animal dualism in her writings by tackling the concept of intersectionality. In order to study the ecofeminist blurring of boundaries between black people and animals in Morrisons texts, this article will analyze The Bluest Eye (1970). Morrison er racial and national history, which all influence her literary investigations, is an integral part of who she is as a woman and as an ecofeminist. Indeed, Morrison clearly addresses the intersections of racism, sexism, colonialism, and speciesism in her works. She makes the implication throughout her writing that it is impossible to free women from tyranny without also freeing all other animals from oppression. It is possible to see a progression in Morrisons thinking from the specific to the general in The Bluest Eye. To put it another way, Morrison narrows her attention in The Bluest Eye to the junction of sexism and speciesism which include the interaction of sexism, racism, and speciesism.

Keywords : Intersection, Sexism, Racism, Speciesism, Ecofeminism.

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