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brer cat

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4. The author makes an excellent point
Thu Sep 25, 2014, 09:37 AM
Sep 2014

that white women seek equality while black feminists seek justice. As an older white woman, I certainly agree that back in "my day" equality was the issue. I very much appreciate that the voices I hear on the internet, many of them women of color, have led me to understand that I cannot have the former without the latter, and my emphasis has changed as a consequence.

She concludes: "...it also means that when I look to a vision of the world I want to see, I look to young women of color, who meld race, gender and queer politics into an expansive, inclusive,and just vision of the world." Amen, sister, amen!

Nice article, gollygee. Thanks for posting.

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It was called "standpoint theory" ismnotwasm Sep 2014 #1
Internet feminism is the great equalizer and a boon to sufrommich Sep 2014 #2
Good. MuseRider Sep 2014 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #7
The author makes an excellent point brer cat Sep 2014 #4
what's the difference? redruddyred Oct 2014 #15
kinda like.... seabeyond Sep 2014 #5
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What the actual fuck are you talking about? Sheldon Cooper Sep 2014 #8
nothing now noiretextatique Sep 2014 #9
YOU seabeyond Sep 2014 #10
LOL noiretextatique Sep 2014 #11
"This makes many, many white women deeply uncomfortable." redruddyred Oct 2014 #12
Because it shows that their experience of the world isn't the be-all, end-all, nor do they get nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #13
this is something that I have a hard time wrapping my head around redruddyred Oct 2014 #14
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