Black Feminism

1. In traditionnal Feminism, they would strive to conquer the sexism an calss oppression but they pay no attention to “ racism .“

2. What is Black Feninism?
Unlike original form of feminism, Black Feminists will pursue the end of racism,sexism and class oppression.

3. Origin : Alice Walker’s Womanism

4. Patricia Hill-Collins defined Black feminism, in Black Feminist Thought (1991), as including "women who theorize the experiences and ideas shared by ordinary black women that provide a unique angle of vision on self, community, and society".

5. For Black Feminists, they would think this movement will endow everyone with freedom.

6. Three Challenges for the organizatio of Feminism

a. to “prove to other black women that feminism was not only for white women.”
b. They also had to demand that white women “share power with them and affirm diversity”
c. fight the misogynist tendencies of Black Nationalism”

( source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_feminism