...which goes to exemplify why we need more complicated analyses of
the intersectionalities of "gender, race, CLASS, sexuality...etc."
and the simultaneity of oppressions in the formation of subject positions.
the article is a prime example of multiple positionings, and margaret
jackson does not look so good in it... also, let's take a look at
representations and the perfomative of this text...
the airport story is only part of this story, the rest speaks
volumes about stereotypes, illustrating why the notion of "stereotypes"
is in itself a limitation to the analysis.
m.
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Joy Beatty wrote:
> I agree that is an odd comment. I can't tell if that actually is attributed to Jackson or not. If we're discussing
> stereotypes, then this may fit with the article' headlines about the person being "incredibly dense". I wonder if this was
> taken out of context somehow, although I'm not sure in which context it would be OK to phrase it this way.
>
> Jeanie Forray wrote:
>
> Equally disturbing to me, Joy, is the reference in the article (not a direct quote from Jackson) to `this black
> guy' as part of the description of the interaction. Relevance of that in this context would be...?
>
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> Jeanie
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> From: Gender & Diversity in Organizations Division Listserv [mailto:
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> Beatty
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:56 AM
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> Subject: Gender stereotypes and airport security
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> I thought members of the GDO list would enjoy this story.
>
> (An article from Aero-News.net)
>
> Qantas Boss Tells Of Encounter With Incredibly Dense US Security Guard
>
> Fri, 13 Jan '06
>
> 'BUT YOU'RE A WOMAN'
>
> [IMAGE]Qantas chairman Margaret Jackson revealed at a Beijing Conference this week that she was briefly suspected of
> being a terrorist by a TSA screener during a visit last year to the United States.
>
> That isn't all that unusual -- everyone from senators to four-year-old children have come under the watchful eye of
> airport security -- but the reason she was suspected is something different, and disturbing to anyone who believes
> we've come a long way since the days of "Leave It To Beaver."
>
> See, Jackson is a woman -- which, according to the wunderkind who screened her baggage and found detailed plans of new
> aircraft, makes it hard to believe she is also chairman of a major international airline.
>
> "The guy said 'Why have you got all of this?'," Jackson told the conference, speaking of the screener's discovery of
> seating diagrams in her baggage. "And I said, 'I'm the chairman of an airline, I'm the chairman of Qantas'. "And this
> black guy, who was like eight foot tall, said, 'but you're a woman.'"
>
> Jackson finally proved her identity to the guard... in part, by writing a note to him on her Qantas letterhead stating
> "Dear Bill, this is from the chairman of Qantas, who is a woman."
>
> The Qantas chairman related the tale after a Chinese journalist complained that airport security at Australian
> airports was the most difficult around... after the US.
>
> Jackson was in Beijing to promote Qantas' resumed service to the Chinese city, after pulling out of the market in the
> late 1990s due to low demand. That is no longer an issue, as tourism and business links should more than fill the seats
> on the airline's three flights per week between Sydney and Beijing.
>
> FMI:
www.qantas.com
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> Joy E. Beatty
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Management Studies
> School of Management
> University of Michigan - Dearborn
> 313-583-6524
>
jebeatty@umd.umich.edu
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