Answer to Question #271036 in History for Constance Dineo Ma

Question

Discuss how Sarah Baartman became a symbol of ideas of race held by Europeans in the 19th century, and how this promoted racial and gender discrimination.

Answer 1

Sarah Baartman represents the extent to which White supremacists have infiltrated Black space and body in South Africa. As a Black woman, she was used, paraded, penetrated, discarded, objectified, and violated in a variety of ways.