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I’m gonna keep saying it until y’all follow through: LISTEN TO BLACK WOMEN
On that note, I’m reading HOOD FEMINISM: NOTES FROM THE WOMEN A MOVEMENT FORGOT by @Karnythia
This thread is quotes from the book. I already got a ton for y’all just from the introduction
So
This thread is quotes from the book. I already got a ton for y’all just from the introduction
So
“...the hood taught me that feminism isn’t just academic theory...Feminism is the work that you do, and the people you do it for who matter more than anything else” (xiii).
“We rarely talk about basic needs as a feminist issue. Food insecurity and access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues...For a movement that is meant to represent all women, it often centers on those who already have...
...most of their needs met” (xiii).
“...my feminism is rooted in an awareness of how race and gender and class affect my ability to be educated, receive medical care, gain and keep employment, as well as how those things can sway authority figures in their treatment of me”(xiii)
“...my feminism is rooted in an awareness of how race and gender and class affect my ability to be educated, receive medical care, gain and keep employment, as well as how those things can sway authority figures in their treatment of me”(xiii)
That was all on ONE PAGE, y’all.
“No one can live up to the standards St by racist stereotypes like this that position Black women as so strong they don’t need help, protection, care, or concern...”
Listen closely:
“Such stereotypes leave little to no room for real Black women with real problems. In fact, even the most ‘positive’ tropes about [WOC] are harmful precisely bc they dehumanize us and erase the damage that can be done to us by those who might mean well,...”
“Such stereotypes leave little to no room for real Black women with real problems. In fact, even the most ‘positive’ tropes about [WOC] are harmful precisely bc they dehumanize us and erase the damage that can be done to us by those who might mean well,...”
“...but whose actions show that they don’t actually respect us or our right to self-determine what happens on our behalf” (xiv).
“...a deep desire to love the conversation about solidarity and the feminist movement in a direction that recognizes that an intersectional approach to feminism is key to improving relationships bw communities of women, so that some measure of true solidarity can happen”(xvi)
“Erasure is not equality” (xvi). Full stop.
If your intersectional feminism is used to decenter Black women to reassert your own importance, your feminism is not intersectional. Listen to Black women.
If your intersectional feminism is used to decenter Black women to reassert your own importance, your feminism is not intersectional. Listen to Black women.
