A Black Feminist Statement
Aug 23, 2017 · 2 min read

Black Feminism started around the 1960s, and groups started to form around the 1970s-1980s. I make that claim that Black Feminism groups originally started to form out of the lack of attention to issues that specifically pertain to women of color (e.g. the intersectionality of racism, lower social/class status compared to white women, and sexual oppression). “We realize that the only people who care enough about us [Black women] to work…

