The Wall of Moms in Portland joins a long history of women activists using their maternal identities to shame and goad authoritarians. We can compare to #latinamerica. 1/5 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/20/portland-protests-federal-agents-unmarked-cars-and-walls-moms/5470780002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/new...

In #Argentina, for ex, authoritarian dictators claimed to defend the trad order, incl the family. When men security forces attacked women protesters, the activists revealed the regime& #39;s hypocrisy: they had attacked that which they claimed to defend. @labaldez @sufranceschet 2/5

In U.S. context, where white supremacy pretends to protect white women from men of color, the moms& #39; Whiteness matters too. They wield both their gender and their race to contradict those who presume white women should be aligned against, not with, BLM, BIPOC, & Latinx. 3/5

So much more to unpack here; I& #39;ve offered a quick take. The history of race in Portland, and white complicity in upholding white supremacy, is of course deeply complex and not fixed overnight by protesting moms:
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/">https://www.theatlantic.com/business/... 4/5

But if you want to know more about gender, maternal identities, and human rights activism, here& #39;s more scholars to follow: @kangalicej @ailitripp @marieeberry @MilliLake @ejayfriedman @JZulver @janicegallagher.