Founded by CaShawn Thompson in 2013, the #BlackGirlMagic movement is still growing in popularity today. The movement was created to encourage representation of black women to no longer be limited to submissive roles but to feel empowered and proud of being in your own skin. Black women, in particular, have had significant ramifications from the effects of racism, thus have remained passive in political and economic issues. However, a new report explains that Black women are the most educated in the country and may constitute a larger workforce in the future (Helm, 2020). It is therefore worth noting that with the current improvements in the quality of black women, there is a sense of shift from the historical dominant population’s views towards women of color. We live in a society that touts acceptance and progressive perspectives. The nomination of the first African American female presidential candidate, Kamala Harris seems to align with this concept and appears to embrace the black girl magic movement. But, as we approach the election, our candidates are looking less diverse. In a tweet by Leah Greenberg, a co-executive director of the national progressive group Indivisible, after Harris stepped down says, “No matter your candidate, you have to recognize that going from the most diverse field ever in January to a potentially all-white debate stage in December is catastrophic. The implicit racism and sexism of ‘electability’ is deeply damaging to democracy” (Chemaly, 2019).
RQ:
Applying Foucault's discourse theory to the tweets of and about presidential nominees in addition to the #blackgirl movement for the purpose of conducting a critical mixed textual analysis of intercultural communication ethics. How do we get diversity where there is not any diversity?
Literature Review:
To ground this theory into a work that can be used to help guide more inclusive conversations through understanding intercultural communication ethics I will focus on the following themes to answer how we can get past our own perceptions to become more inclusive especially when it comes to our communication practices? 1) The discourse on power, knowledge and subjectivity 2) Problemization and applying one or two of the research methods archaeology or genealogy 3) The 4 discourses of technologies 4) Competing wold views in post-modern America pertaining to diversity
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