It’s time for our political systems to face the truth about misogynoir

We fail Black women when we encourage them to take on leadership roles in a system that will do everything in its power to control their narrative and drive them away.

A study of Annamie Paul’s time as leader of the Green Party of Canada shows a journey paved with a form of resistance and systemic failure reserved only for Black women, who, more often than not, are the only Black people at the helm of a large, influential, and majority-white organization like the Green Party, writes Arezoo Najibzadeh.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY AREZOO NAJIBZADEH

July 22, 2021

Misogynoir is alive and well in Canadian politics. Celina Caesar-Chavannes told us so. Coined by Dr. Moya Bailey, misogynoir explains “the specific hatred, dislike, distrust, and prejudice directed toward Black women.” From media tropes to double standards, this unique form of anti-Black and mi...

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