{"id":1083,"date":"2022-03-20T20:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T01:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2022-03-20T20:49:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T01:49:59","slug":"queer-freedom-black-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/2022\/03\/queer-freedom-black-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"Queer Freedom: Black Sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was intrigued by Lara\u2019s inclusion of Frantz Fanon\u2019s definition of decolonization. Fanon describes decolonization as, \u201cquite simply, the substitution of one \u2018species\u2019 of mankind by another. The substitution is unconditional, absolute, total, and seamless\u201d (2). It is also a process that aims to grant individuals independence from colonial power, or more generally hegemonic power. Lara\u2019s decolonial framework seeks to obtain autonomy with regard to the intersection of queer and black identities. The concept of body-lands plays into this also as it hinges on individuals\u2019 subjectivities as they relate to bodies and the geopolitical formations those bodies are confined to. Lara references Anzald\u00faa as well, and I believe her work <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Borderlands<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> speaks further to the struggle of claiming one\u2019s own sovereignty. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Borderlands<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Anzald\u00faa provides historical context to the modern issues pertaining to Mexican immigration into the U.S. I think her description of the U.S.-Mexican border as \u201ces una herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds\u201d (3) speaks to the overall brutality of the situation. She points out too how the border can be used as a tool to reinforce an us vs them mentality that ultimately benefits white supremacy. Taking into account the colonial past of Mexico, I\u2019m left feeling as though there hasn\u2019t been a change in the ways the U.S. exploits minorities and has consistently white washed our histories. The precarious experiences of those crossing the border are the new means of subjugation and erasure. I believe this way of viewing borders fits into Lara\u2019s conception of body-land.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was intrigued by Lara\u2019s inclusion of Frantz Fanon\u2019s definition of decolonization. Fanon describes decolonization as, \u201cquite simply, the substitution of one \u2018species\u2019 of mankind by another. The substitution is unconditional, absolute, total, and seamless\u201d (2). It is also a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/2022\/03\/queer-freedom-black-sovereignty\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1084,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions\/1084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/researchmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}