Andrea Richie

In “Invisible no more” by Andrea Richie, emphasizes how violence towards women of color are ignored by the public and go unnoticed. If women resist it leads to police brutality and sometimes death. However, no one really looks into these cases and if they try people try to stop them.

Violence against colored women is increasing without people noticing. Andrea Richie stated” Women’s experience of profiling and deadly force remain largely invisible” (3). This indicates that women of color cases or police brutality are not being taken seriously. Which is true. I mean when is the last time you hear about women violence on the television? Honestly, I haven’t seen many I just thought they weren’t common. This reading really opens up your eyes and makes you realize its everywhere and we just aren’t aware of it unless you look for the information.

It also makes me think about how indigenous people who are people of color get discriminated a lot. Violence is happening everywhere. Why don’t people pay a closer attention to it? She mentions how it even connects to black lives matter. And it’s true because it seems like those movements have also trickled away. The reading opens your eyes and makes you question about groups that have tried to make violence aware but out of nowhere they weren’t heard any more.

This violence reminds me so much of Guatemala. At UIC there was a guest speaker who came from Guatemala to talk about violence against women, her name was Neesa Medina. She explained how women against violence are increasing in Guatemala. She stated how every three hours a woman is raped and beaten. Since there has been an increase in police force there is an increase in women violence. She said it’s so bad that women even get birth control shots if they want to migrate because they know that along the way to safety they will encounter violence. It’s crazy that these women can’t get around safety and violence is just starting to be seen as a normal thing. They know women cannot drive alone so if they own a car they need to make sure they have tinted windows. Just for a woman to be walking alone is crazy and in America, we don’t see this acknowledged as much. Why? Because the US is the reason for the violence down there. In many cases, their police force is the reason for this violence.

I know to create awareness and a change group needs to come together. Will that ever be possible? Can we change the law enforcement mind? is there any way the people will have a stronger voice than the law?