Comments on: Activist Spotlight: The Migrant Sex Workers Project On Borders and Building Movements, Part One

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Mon, 30 May 2016 13:25:11 +0000

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By: Jeainny

Jeainny — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:45:10 +0000

Hi Caty, you might find Nandita Sharma’s “Anti-Trafficking Rhetoric and the Making of a Global Apartheid” (Feminist Formations Vol. 17 No. 3 Fall 2005) interesting. This essay goes a little deeper into what you’ve captured in this interview.

I also wish someone would clarify Elene’s statement “But they don’t see that actually the prices of the racialized people and the white people is reflecting the racism, right, so why some white people charge higher and people of color charge lower, it’s reflecting the racism in our society.”

Do people of color charge a lower price because of a “beggars can’t choose” type of mentality? or is it because consumers (assuming White Canadian males hiring) consider minority sex workers of a lower quality than White prostitutes? Or is there another explanation for this price gap?

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By: Juliette

Juliette — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 06:24:32 +0000

Great interview! Really insightful perspectives, especially in response to the first question.

Elene (or anyone else), if you read this, maybe you could clarify: “But they don’t see that actually the prices of the racialized people and the white people is reflecting the racism, right, so why some white people charge higher and people of color charge lower, it’s reflecting the racism in our society.”

Do you mean that the reason why many migrant sex workers tend to charge less than their non-migrant counterparts is because they feel like they can’t charge more? Like they’ve somehow embodied racist views towards themselves?