Discriminatory Policies & Practices Intersectionality : The Promise & the Challenge
Journal article
Clark, Sevda. (2013). Discriminatory Policies & Practices Intersectionality : The Promise & the Challenge. QScience Proceedings. 2013(Family, Migration & Dignity Special Issue), pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2013.fmd.8
Authors | Clark, Sevda |
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Abstract | On one of my trips abroad I found myself in transit at Amsterdam airport. It is not an enjoyable experience (to say the least) on the best of flights, but this one experience will be one I continue to remember with a mixed sense of pain and disillusionment. Airport security controls are not something unfamiliar to me, and again, I braced myself as I carefully unpacked the dubious objects from my handbag—a clear plastic bag containing my lip gloss, perfume and anti-bacterial lotion among other indispensable items, as well as my laptop. I don’t remember ‘beeping’ as I walked through the security gate. Yet, I was hailed to step aside by a female customs officer who had been deemed as appropriate to physically examine my body—rub it from head to toe to ensure that I had not carefully strapped any explosive devices to my admittedly fitted clothing. She looked noticeably indignant, and she made no attempt to hide her scorn. I breathed deeply and walked into the curtained area where I was to be further examined. I had the sense that I was in for something different this time. The whole time, the power dynamics that were at play were so thick that they almost took on a presence of their own. |
Keywords | airport security; discriminatory practices; critical race theory; intersectionality; anti-discrimination law; lived experience |
Year | 01 Jan 2013 |
Journal | QScience Proceedings |
Journal citation | 2013 (Family, Migration & Dignity Special Issue), pp. 1-10 |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals |
ISSN | 2226-9649 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2013.fmd.8 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.qscience.com/content/papers/10.5339/qproc.2013.fmd.8 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-10 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | Mar 2013 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 09 May 2024 |
Additional information | © 2013 Clark, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. |
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 3.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
Place of publication | Qatar |
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