from the brilliant belen fernandez! went to this round table discussion at the university of rochester, armed with this article and sherene razack’s book!
my comments about the symposium on “honor crimes”: i didn’t have as much time as i would have liked but i talked about the islamophobic implications of using a loaded term like honor killings instead of locating such crimes w/i the realm of gender-based violence. also discussed the culturalist approach of understanding domestic violence in minority groups vs confronting racism and analyzing economic as well as political factors that keep certain communities oppressed. it’s good to remember that discrimination reinforces patriarchy.