Ethnic Domestic Violence

Course overview

This course focuses on the work of Beth E. Richie, a scholar and member of Incite!----a national activist organization of women of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue, and community organizing. Richie critiques the anti-violence movement for discounting race, nationality, class, and sexuality as significant constructs in the analysis of gender violence. Richie argues that violence against women of color is deeply embedded in issues of structural racism and poverty.