It was the hijab of Fatima Hamed HossainBut the process of reductionism is as old as it is reiterated. In the case of Ceuta politics, the controversy extended beyond her hair, stealing the limelight from the ‘OtherPolitical’ meeting and overshadowing its bearer. Hossain’s voice, his political work, didn’t matter. Only that veil was visible and the subject of discussion. The cloak became so large that it covered any woman wearing the hijab, recreating a collective without nuances, without individualities. The mechanism also runs on full steam in the bitter dispute over the ley trans. The networks have become a dumping ground for disqualifications towards trans people. Their assimilation to criminals or phonies is repeated.
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In his mythical ‘Speech of Hope’ (1978), the politician and activist Harvey Milk claimed for the gay community, just as for the black, Asian or Latina, that “she was not judged by her myths or by her criminals & rdquor ;. The mechanism of negative reduction, far from disappearing, is in full swing, encouraged by social networks that function as an amplifier, trapping us in polarization and tension. At last, retracing the path of hope.
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