
On today’s episode, we are joined by Dvorah Silverman, who shares her experience of finding her Jewish-Canadian identity while trying to reconcile her country’s past with its relationship to the indigenous peoples of Canada. Dvorah discusses Kimberly Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality and how we can transform theory into practice.
Get in touch with Dvorah:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dvorah-silverman-130a7876
Instagram: @dvorahsilverman
Events and scholars mentioned in this episode:
● Oka Crisis (1990). Read more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oka_Crisis
● Kimberly Crenshaw is an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory. Read more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberl%C3%A9_Crenshaw
● Audre Lorde was an American writer, womanist, radical feminist, professor, and civil rights activist. Read more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde
● Patricia Hill Collins is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender. Read more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Hill_Collins
Today’s vocabulary:
(N) = noun 名詞 (ADJ) = adjective 形容詞 (V) = verb 動詞
● ancestry (N) 祖先
● kindred spirit (N) 気の合う人
● maternal side (N) 母方
● paternal side (N) 父方
● Jewish (N) (ADJ) ユダヤ人(の)、ユダヤ教(の)
● refugee (N) 避難民、難民
● pogrom (N) 大虐殺、(特に帝政ロシアの)ユダヤ人虐殺、ポグロム
● flee from (V) ~ から逃げる
● territory (N) 領土
● indigenous people (N) 先住民
● sensitive (ADJ) 敏感な
● cultural anthropology (N) 文化人類学
● injustice (N) 不当、不公平、権利の侵害
● anti-Semitism (N) 反ユダヤ主義、ユダヤ人差別思想
● sexism (N) 性差別(主義)
● Islamophobia (N) イスラム教徒に対する偏見
● equity (N) 公平、公正
● justice (N) 正義
● authenticity (N) 真正(本物)であること、確実(信頼)性
● identity (N) アイデンティティ
● nonlinear (ADJ) 直線状でない
● pursuit of happiness 幸せの追求
● transformative (ADJ) 変革的な、変化させる力のある
● pivotal (ADJ) 重要な、枢要な
● pivotal moment in Canadian history カナダ史における極めて重要な瞬間
● land dispute (N) 領土紛争
● Judaism (N) ユダヤ教(義)
● heal (V) 治す
● social justice (N) 社会正義
● quote unquote いわゆる~、俗に言う~、いわば~、
● progressive (ADJ) 進歩的な
● tied to = linked to = connected to = ~に繋がっている、~に関連する
● at odds with ~ ~と対立する、~に反する
● political issues 政治問題
● spirituality (N) 精神性
● trauma (N) トラウマ
● segregation (N) 隔離、人種差別
● complicit in ~ ~に加担する
● reciprocal (ADJ) 相互の
● solidarity (N) 団結
● conflicting (ADJ) 矛盾する
● intersectionality (N) intersectionality(交差性)とは、人種、エスニシティ、ネイション、ジェンダー、階級、セクシュアリティなど、さまざまな差別の軸が組み合わさり、相互に作用することで独特の抑圧が生じている状況をさす。
● schism (N) 分裂
● elaborate on ~ ~について詳しく述べる
● formative (ADJ) 形成の、発達の
● vulnerable (ADJ) 傷つきやすい
● empathy (N) 感情移入、共感
● empathize with ~ ~に感情移入する、~に共感する
● remembrance (N) 思い出、回想
● patriarchy (N) 家父長制(社会)
● food for thought 考えさせられること