A clip of comrade Ayesha during a presentation on Ending the Oppression of African Woman at the 2011 InPDUM Convention in Philadelphia. Below is an excerpt from her follow up article posted on uhurunews __ Black feminism does something that white feminism could not do, which is accuse black men of oppression. And in this way, black women now take on an antagonistic position toward black men, just as their feminist label would suggest, pulling out the black woman experience again, and preventing us from focusing on the exploitative divisive nature of capitalism. Some black feminists claim this is not the case, that their label as a feminist identifies their layered oppression and that their fight is against oppression in all forms. That the black woman’s struggle and identity has been marred in such a way that black feminism defines them—not only as fighters against oppression but as black women whose struggles are different from white women, and that this position is not necessarily in opposition to black men. Why call yourself a feminist, then? If black women are fighting against all types of oppression, what is the reason for using this label? Why can’t these black women just join in the overall struggle to crush the incorrect systems that have victimized black people? #UhuruNews #AAPDEP All African Peoples Development & Empowerment Project
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:02:48 +0000
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