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...Rubinger, Mary Thompson, Simonetta Toraldo Photographers: Forrest Anderson, Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Greg Davis, Dirck Halstead, Barry Iverson, Kenneth Jarecke, Cynthia Johnson, Shelly Katz, Steve Liss, Peter Magubane, Christopher Morris, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Robert Nickelsberg, Chris Niedenthal, David Rubinger, Anthony Suau, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
...done to women is seen as a personal, private or cultural matter. Genital mutilation has not been seen as a type of harm." The feminist mainstream has been particularly galvanized by the highly personalized documentary film and book on female-genital mutilation, Warrior Marks, co-authored by novelist Alice Walker. Walker sees it as a heinous form of patriarchal oppression, characterized by "the feeling of being overpowered and thoroughly dominated by those you are duty bound to respect." About 25 countries in Africa engage in mutilation: an estimated 98% of women are "circumcised" in Djibouti and Somalia, 90% in Ethiopia...
...Warrior Marks is a portrayal by an outsider," says Dr. Nahid Toubia, a Sudanese-born obstetrician in New York City. "It suggests, 'I, Alice Walker, save the beautiful children who are being tortured by their own people.' It's like saying Harlem women give their children AIDS because they don't love them. In reality it's more complex." Adds Mohamud: "You can't threaten or dictate to people on this issue. It's not going to stop overnight...
From my work in the movement, I know about these cases from documents, reports, conversations with activists and direct observation. Consider Walter Walker v. Consumer's Power. Walker was a Black engineer who was fired from a Michigan utility after being passed over seven times for promotion. The defendant never refuted the charge, Supported by 136 exhibits entered into evidence, that the plaintiff was more qualified by a wide margin than the white males who were promoted. Acting as his own attorney, he won before an all-white jury...
...Alex Walker is the former co-chair of the Duchess County (New York) Committee Against Racism and the former vice-president of the Northern Duchess County branch of the NAACP...