Anti-racist feminists argued hijab and hoodie are politically incommensurable

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What I take issue with here is the equating of the hoodie and the hijab as sources of ethnic identity and pride. The hijab, which is discriminatory and rooted in men’s desire to control women’s appearance and sexuality, is not a choice for the majority of women who wear it. The hoodie, on the other hand, is a choice for everyone who wears it. The history and origin of these two items of clothing and what they represent could not be more different; like comparing the crippling footbindings of Chinese women with a “Made in China” Nike trainer. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 571

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• XREF: Connects to the second article on ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ — Wilde-Blavatsky reads hijab as male control over women’s bodies, the exact moral-panic frame of sumptuary dress conflicts.