This is a compilation of interviews that assessed individuals’ approaches to conversations on sexuality in religious African households. The interviewees have African roots ranging from Ghana, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. It was a great study to see that different views were almost displayed across every individual but there were some overlaps. With help from […]
OVER-SEXUALIZATION OF THE BLACK BODY IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS DATING APPLICATIONS.
“Within neo-colonial white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, the black male body continues to be perceived as an embodiment of bestial, violent, penis-as-weapon hyper-masculine assertion.” – Bell Hooks, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity Disclaimer: It should be noted that in an effort to get reliable and unbiased responses from the individuals used as the “sample population” […]
Visualization of the Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study
In 2014, the Pew Research Center, a non-partisan think tank, conducted its second Religious Landscape Study, in which they interviewed over 35000 Americans from all 50 states in order to understand the varying religious, social, and political views that are upheld by the people of the nation. For my final project in Sexuality in World […]
Interlocked / Interfaithed
“I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being — neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there’s no question of integration or intermarriage. It’s just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.” […]