Philosopher Julia Kristeva coined the term "abjection" as the discomfort and panic we face when we come into contact with human waste and other bodily substances that are discharged. While researching the implications of race-segregated restrooms, abjection has been a key concept to understand the intersection between bodies, bathrooms, and racism. Indeed, by considering the ways in which we fear the incontrollable fluidity of bodily substances, I've been able to make more sense of how white people during Jim Crow were able to justify blatantly racist structures. It seems to me, thus far, that racist ideology that deemed black people's bodies as inferior to those of white people coincided with pre-existing notions of abjection. I am yet to develop this idea more thoroughly with the support of my mentor, Prof. Schor-Haim, and further research done by Prof. Joel Sanders. A question I pose for other scholars interested in the concept of abjection is: in what contexts, other than restrooms, do we continue to see abjection at work, and who is most impacted by these negative attitudes towards naturally-occurring bodily functions?