Sociology 2239 Chapter Notes -Homicide, Colorectal Cancer, Economic Globalization
25 Jun 2012
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Audre lourde, who was born in 1934, is well known for her work as a poet and equal- She was a black woman, a feminist, and a lesbian who grew up in harlem in the 30"s rights activist and 40"s. Her book zami: a new spelling of my name documents her harrowing experience of working at keystone electronics, a plant that processed the quartz crystals used in radar equipment and radios. Jobs in the plant were segregated by sex on the basis of traditional gendered ideologies, with the men cutting the crystals and doing the heavy work and the women x-raying and washing the crystals. Audre lorde"s exposure to toxic and dangerous working conditions was not a random event; black working-class women were deliberately hired for jobs no one else wanted- evidence shows this trend continues today. Lourde developed breast cancer in the late 70"s, and died at the age of 58 in 1992.
