Empire and degradation, on the links between colonialism and sexual control.

[bob10]

It was a deft act of subjugation: empire’s tentacles deployed to effect sexual control.

Misogyny is intertwined with colonialism—perhaps even essential to it.

Empire and Degradation | Rafia Zakaria (https://thebaffler.com/alienated/empire-and-degradation-zakaria?campaign_id=3&emc=edit_MBAU_p_20200916&instance_id=22252&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=84534669&section=whatElse&segment_id=38300&te=1&user_id=38b653f59d8a788d2b8029d349fb05f1)

[bob10]

Not your servant.

The video is how Cisco Systems wants to present itself: a woke company led by a middle-aged white man who is committed to the very American quest for racial justice. One can almost believe it—almost. But on June 30, almost exactly a month after Chuck Robbins made his pledge, the public was granted a look into the company’s dirty innards. On that day, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed (https://www.socialnews.xyz/2020/07/02/californias-dfeh-sues-cisco-systems-inc-and-former-managers-for-caste-based-discrimination/) a Title VII civil rights lawsuit against Cisco Systems.

Not Your Server | Rafia Zakaria (https://thebaffler.com/alienated/not-your-server-zakaria?utm_campaign=enjoy&utm_source=empire-and-degradation-zakaria)