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CW: Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Death, The Use of a 19th Century Racial Slur (while quoting a historic figure, NOT the N-word), at the very end we talk about Intersectional Views which means we touch on in passing Homelessness, Poverty, Privilege
** At about 7:15, Remy misspeaks and says “Geraldine Brooks” in reference to the Black poet Gwendolyn Brooks (“We Real Cool”, “The Mother” etc). Sorry for the slip-up!
To begin, let’s look at the four waves of Feminism and what they have all been about.
And second, let’s dive right into an article about how the suffrage movement took advantage of women of color.
This article addresses the theft from the Black community by early white feminists as they tried to get a sturdy beginning for their suffrage movement.
This article is called “How White Feminists Appropriated Slavery” in part, and that’s a good description of that topic. It’s going to talk about those early suffrage leaders who used Black women to propel their movement forward through an appropriation of their pain and how that still impacts feminism today.
Following the last two articles, there’s a very simple question that needs to be asked: Is there a place for Women of Color in the feminist movement? This article tries to get at an answer to that question.
This article introduces some further reading if you want to understand how early feminist movements left out or flat out harmed women of color and how that currently leaves out women of color today. Author Rafia Zakaria “traces a through line between those in the white women–led suffrage movement who cast out people of color and the imperialist conquests justified by white female colonizers seeking to “liberate” colonized women of color from their supposedly backwards, savage men” and “explores a range of deeply connected modern and historical issues, injecting her lived experiences as a survivor, mother, and activist of color.”
But don’t worry! We won’t leave you without some advice on how to move forward. Let’s look at intersectional feminism: what it is, why it is so important, how you can practice it.
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