The Color Purple — How Systems of Power Teach People to Distrust Their Own Voice
What happens when domination becomes so deeply internalized that unequal power begins to feel like reality itself?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using The Color Purple by Alice Walker as our lens, this episode investigates how patriarchal violence, religious authority, racial hierarchy, economic dependence, and restricted access to information shape Celie’s understanding of herself and the world around her.
Walker frames Celie’s journey as both personal and theological. She begins as someone who writes to a distant, patriarchal God because…
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