November 1, 2014

Maker of anti-harassment video apologizes for "unintended racial bias"

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/living/women-catcalling-white-men-race/index.html

Director of catcalling video responds to race debate

October 31, 2014

"First, we regret the unintended racial bias in the editing of the video that over represents men of color," Hollaback! said in a statement released Tuesday. "Although we appreciate Rob's support, we are committed to showing the complete picture. It is our hope and intention that this video will be the start of a series to demonstrate that the type of harassment we're concerned about is directed toward women of all races and ethnicities and conducted by an equally diverse population of men."

October 31, 2014

“Hey, Beautiful”: On the Racist and Classist Implications of the Catcalling Video

http://www.bkmag.com/2014/10/29/hey-beautiful-on-the-racist-and-classist-implications-of-the-catcalling-video/

“Hey, Beautiful”: On the Racist and Classist Implications of the Catcalling Video

October 29, 2014

... the video chooses to showcase the experience of a white woman experiencing harassment almost exclusively at the hands of black and Latino men...

... the video helps to perpetuate the long-held, erroneous belief that harassment mostly takes the form of white women being bothered by “low class” men of color...

Hollaback is soliciting viewers for donations, and is thus counting on the outrage of people with money, i.e. people who have disposable income and a certain place in the pre-existing power structure which has no problem with the ongoing propagation of the myth of the white woman as the ur-victim.