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Just as the 19th century conflict over black male suffrage versus woman suffrage had placed black women in a difficult position, contemporary black women felt they were asked to choose between a black movement that primarily served the interests of black male patriarchs and a women's movement which primarily served the interests of racist white women.

A very good start...... There is information in the first 15 pages I did not know.

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Racist, sexist socialization had conditioned us to devalue our femaleness and to regard race as the only relevant label of identification.

Bell Hooks discusses how black women were not identified among the term “women” generally speaking, in society, back since the late 20th century.

In literature, work, and political activism, racism effectively divided women as white women complained about working with “blacks” in factories during WW2 and refused black membership in feminist groups, black women were put under the umbrella term “blacks.“