What About #UsToo?: The Invisibility of Race in the #MeToo Movement

The article references the #MeToo movement to address the importance of examining the intersectionality of race and gender in harassment cases for women of color. The article cites the experiences of Leslie Jones and Jemele Hill. They were faced with gender-guarded and competence-undermining sexual harassment that were made with clear intent to target their gender. However, the overlaying racial nature of the harassment made it difficult to see the harassment as relating to gender. The article notes that the intersectionality between race and gender affects the type of harassment and form of racialized sexism that individuals experience. Therefore, the article suggests that when analyzing sexual harassment claims a complainant’s intersectional and multidimensional identity should be evaluated rather than using a reasonable woman standard, which may be not be inclusive of other factors such as race.