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Decolonizing Feminisms Piya Chatterjee, Series Editor This page intentionally left blank Power Interrupted Antiracist and Feminist Activism inside the United Nations Sylvanna M. Falcón University of Washington Press Seattle and London Power Interrupted was supported by grants from the Division of Social Sciences, the Latin American and Latino Studies Department, and the Chicano Latino Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Material from chapter 2 was first published in Critical Sociology (2015): 1–12, DOI: 10.1177/0896920514565484, and is reprinted with permission from SAGE Publica- tions. Material from chapter 2 first appeared in Societies without Borders 4, no. 3 (2009): 295–316, and is reprinted with permission from Brill Publishing. Material from chapter 4 first appeared in Journal of Women’s History 24, no. 4 (2012): 99–120, and is reprinted with permission from Johns Hopkins University Press, copyright © 2012. © 2016 by the University of Washington Press Printed and bound in the United States of America 201 91 81 71 6 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. University of Washington Press www.washington.edu/uwpress Cataloging information is on file with the Library of Congress ISBN 978-0-295-99525-0 The paper used in this publication is acid-free and meets the minimum require- ments of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. ∞ To Aracely, the love of my life, To Matt, for his love, support, and many years of happiness, To my parents, Edgardo and Silvia, for giving me a blessed life, and To the women in this book who fight for justice, even when the odds seem against them . . . Para Aracely, el amor de mi vida, Para Matt, por su amor, apoyo, y muchos años de alegría, A mis padres, Edgardo y Silvia, por darme una vida bendecida, y Para las mujeres en este libro que luchan por la justicia, aun cuando las probabilidades parecen en contra de ellas . . . This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xiii Introduction: The Challenging Road to the Durban Conference 3 1 Race, Gender, and Geopolitics in the Establishment of the UN 32 2 UN Citizenship and Constellations of Human Rights 63 3 A Genealogy of World Conferences against Racism and the Progression of Intersectionality 98 4 Making the Intersectional Connections 127 5 Intersectionality as the New Universalism 152 Appendix: Copy of the E-mail and Non-Paper Sent by the US Government to US NGOs during the Preparatory Period of the 2001 WCAR 167 Notes 175 Bibliography 213 Index 233 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments When I was an undergraduate at Santa Clara University, I confided in a small group of close friends that I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to write a book that had a political purpose. Given the supportive nature of my dear college friends, they purchased a book for me titled Writers Dream- ing:26 Writers Talk about Their Dreams and the Creative Process (1994) as a Christmas gift my senior year so that I could be inspired to make this goal a reality some day. I have never forgotten this kind gesture, and, nearly twenty years later, my goal has finally been realized. Writing a book is difficult and, at times, even painful, but thanks to the support of the wonderful family, friends, and colleagues I would like to acknowledge here, I came out on the other end. I sincerely apologize if I have forgotten anyone who has been on this journey with me. I must first begin with my life partner and husband, Matthew Lehman. To him, I owe much. He prepared home-cooked meals for months on end without a single complaint, kept our house in order during what felt like never- ending workdays, and managed my moodiness when I struggled with my writing or with the stress of the job. I cannot put into words what his love and support mean to me; he has been by my side since our youth, and there is no one in the world I would rather take life’s journeys with than him. Our daughter, Aracely, has brought us so much joy. I am so honored to be her mom. She is my dream come true, and I thank her for being such an awesome and loving daughter. With this book now complete, I have to keep my promise to her about writing a book (just for her) that involves her deep love of cats. I would like to also thank other members of my immediate family for their support. In particular I would like to recognize my parents, Ed- ix
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