Penindasan Interseksionalitas yang Dialami oleh Wanita Afrika-Amerika dalam novel Hidden Figures karya Margot Lee Shetterly

Intersectional Oppressions Experienced by African-American Women in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures

Penelitian ini menganalisa tentang penindasan interseksionalitas yang dialami oleh Wanita Afrika-Amerika dalam novel Hidden Figures karya Margot Lee Shettery. Diskusi akan berfokus pada bagaimana penindasan interseksionalitas yang dialami oleh karakter wanita Afrika-Amerika digambarkan dalam novel, dan bagaimana karakter wanita Afrika-Amerika menentang penindasan terebut. Feminisme kulit hitam menjelaskan bahwa wanita Afrika-Amerika adalah sebuah kelompok yang unik karena adanya titik pertemuan antara ras, jenis kelamin, kelas sosial, dan aspek identitas lainnya. Pemikiran Feminisme kulit hitam milik Patricia Hill Collins dan Interseksionalitas milik Kimberle Crenshaw digunakan untuk mendukung studi ini. Studi ini memberikan dua kesimpulan, pertama, penggambaran penindasan interseksionalitas ditunjukkan dalam bentuk pemisahan rasial dalam konteks bangunan dan fasilitas umum, penilaian negatif, dan pembatasan kesempatan dan autoritas. Kedua, wanita Afrika-Amerika menentang kondisi penindasan tersebut dalam bentuk tindakan eksplisit berupa menjauhkan diri mereka dari lingkungan opresif, dan tindakan implisit berupa mengubah pesan dan penilaian negatif menjadi motivasi.

Kata kunci: interseksionalitas, penindasan, wanita Afrika-Amerika.

This study analyzes the intersectional oppression experienced by African-American women in Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures. The discussion will focus on how the intersectional oppression towards African-American women characters was depicted in the novel, and how African-American women characters resist against the oppressive condition. Black feminist describes African-American women as a unique group where intersectional processes of race, gender, social class and other aspect of identity is occurred. Black Feminist thought by Patricia Hill Collins and Intersectionality by Kimberle Crenshaw are used to support the study. This study provides two conclusions, first, the depiction of the intersectional oppression is shown in the form of racial segregation of building and public facility, negative judgements, and limitation of chance and authority. Second, African-American women resist against the oppressive condition by taking action explicitly, such as distancing themselves from the oppressive environment, ad implicitly, such as turning the negative messages and judgement into motivation.

Keywords: intersectionality, oppression, African-American women