On July 31, The Newspaper of Catalonia: “A 30-year-old Senegalese has died in a fight. Three individuals have attacked in the middle street in the middle of the day of light. Since the victim had a history of drug trafficking, it may be the reason for the aggression.”
In the news, the journalist reports in her first paragraph that the aggressors have “Spanish nationality”, according to Interior. In such cases, it would be useful to know why the victim has given more importance to the origin of the victim and to reflect on its effect.
1 August. La Vanguardia: “One of the aggressors of the murder of Salou has been arrested.” Third paragraph: “The victim had been living in Salou for ten years, frequenting locals around the well-known Carles Büigas Avenue, where a quiet and educated person has been described. However, according to other sources, it was a trapezoid of drugs”.
Now, imagine that the protagonist of this news, the victim, is the woman. It's clear that the treatment is inadequate, right? As for the Machistan murders, the tendencies constantly criticized by feminists are repeated: Instead of saying “they have killed him”, saying “he has died”, giving weight to the opinions of the neighbours (front) (“he was an honest/normal/quiet person”), blaming the victim (in this case with emphasis on drug trafficking), or defining the news as “done”.
In this case, despite the fact that both the black victim and the aggressors are white, it is not mentioned at all that this could be a crime of racial hatred.
Three days earlier, on July 28, we published an article in Pikara by feminist sociology professor Rosa Cobo. In Sanfermin, a number of men dress with machistan slogans or are adorned, wrote: “The response of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Navarra is not understood [not to see an offence]. If the users of sheets and t-shirts were other historically oppressed groups, Jews, blacks or immigrants, I would like to know what the answer would be.”
Laws against violence against women have been developed both in the Spanish State and in many autonomous communities. The feminist movement in Euskal Herria has been able to make sexual violence visible on public holidays and to develop numerous protocols and campaigns against it. Racist and LGTBphobic aggressions remain hidden
Many times I hear this statement from the feminists: “If there were 60 racist or homophobic killings every year, society and institutions would not accept it.” This logic is a great ignorance. Do you not know that immigration legislation and xenophobic policies have caused many more people to die on the European coasts? Do you really believe that racist and LGTB hate crimes are further criminalised and condemned in both Spain and France?
In the last decade, dozens of deontological codes have been published to improve information on male violence. Laws against violence against women have been developed both in the Spanish State and in many autonomous communities. The feminist movement in Euskal Herria has been able to make sexual violence visible on public holidays and to develop numerous protocols and campaigns against it. Racist and LGTBphobic aggressions remain hidden. During the Sanfermines there was a homophobic attack (probably many more) and it was only published by LGTB magazine Shanghai.
Moreover, the arguments “if they were immigrants”, “if they were homosexual”, are androcentric. The intersectional view is necessary so that the feminist discourse is not ethnocentric and heterosexist when it comes to denouncing and denouncing sexist aggressions and Machistan violence.
Using this kind of odious comparisons to strengthen feminist discourse is really clumsy and painful. A feminist discourse that is not anti-racist is really clumsy and painful.
Bidali zure iritzi artikuluak iritzia@argia.eus helbide elektronikora
ARGIAk ez du zertan bat etorri artikuluen edukiarekin. Idatzien gehienezko luzera 4.500 karakterekoa da (espazioak barne). Idazkera aldetik gutxieneko zuzentasun bat beharrezkoa da: batetik, ARGIAk ezin du hartu zuzenketa sakona egiteko lanik; bestetik, egitekotan edukia nahi gabe aldatzeko arriskua dago. ARGIAk azaleko zuzenketak edo moldaketak egingo dizkie artikuluei, behar izanez gero.
One of the reasons for the investiture of Salvador Illa as president of the Generalitat has been the PSC-ERC pact. It is not a sovereign pact at all, but in some respects new doors could be opened, unless the political strategy of the PSC-PSOE, which is common, is re-imposed... [+]
The region of Merida (Mexico) has been the object of this year of great controversy for the placement on a beach of a sculpture in tribute to the Greek god Poseidon. Merida is located on the Yukatan peninsula, where the people of Maia try to preserve their culture, within the... [+]
My cycles start in September and end in June, actually, (I was going to wear myself, but every time I use the plural a dwarf yells at me in my head, “they will be yours!”), and so it has been in my life, whether there is vacation, whether or not I have paid work on schedule... [+]
In summer, we retirees don't tend to be hungry for vacations, and we can calmly analyze everything around us. Here are some issues that surprised me.
Spain. The Euro Cup and the Olympic Games are all over the summer. I have to say beforehand that professional sport... [+]
With the Zabalduz caravan in the city of Bihac in Bosnia Herzegovina, activist Nihad Suljic explained to us that the Drina River is the largest tomb in the Balkans. In order not to be forgotten, he is responsible for identifying the bodies that are found and for giving them... [+]
I don't know if we're hit by heat waves anymore, if it's a normal hypocrisy or a systemic logic, but the gap between what we know, what we say and what we do, beyond concern, surprises me, especially in a summer environment. News, research, social media interactions… constitute a... [+]
Among many falls, there are also achievements. A young mother of about 35 years old asked me the other day how they could get in their school that the classmates who had not received Euskera at home learn and speak as well as the boys and girls who were Euskaldunes at home. In... [+]
The current situation requires a thorough analysis of what is behind titles, demonstrations, the manipulated dissemination of some facts, the dark concealment of others and the disguised propaganda of analysis in most mainstream media. The situation requires that superficial... [+]
Entrepreneurs and policy makers in the sector tell us that tourism generates wealth and jobs, but what is tourism work? What kind of work does tourism generate? And who wins with that?
The entity San Sebastian Turismo says that over 15,000 people work in the sector in San... [+]
The main feature of my basketball team is its personality. It is usually said that this is a common characteristic between the team and the hobby. However, this identity of all amateurs is not taken into account from the management. In fact, Euskaldunes fans see again and again... [+]
Train stations in many cities show the highest beauty of the 19th century iron structure, along with the rise of arrival at the epicenter of the city. It's like entering the city through the front door, a pearl of architecture and place. However, in many cities, in the phenomena... [+]
Why not leave it. He who writes the columns always follows the apologies of withdrawal in time. Before stocks are exhausted. The issues, to me, I have not been able to exhaust them, because I am not an expert in anything, and I have never had messages to convey to Euskal Herria... [+]
Start of the summer. EHZ festival hangover (atx, headache). You want to breathe after a charged course. Flush the head. Reconnect key elements. Take some time with family, see old friends again and rest (a little) in the daily struggle. Really? !...
As a family, walk to the... [+]