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  2. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in ...

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    First edition. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America is a book published in 2011 through Yale University Press written by the American MSNBC television host, feminist, and professor of Politics and African American Studies at Tulane University, Melissa Harris-Perry. [1]

  3. Black feminism - Wikipedia

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    White women fighting for feminism is distinct from black women fighting for black feminism, as white women need only to address one form of oppression [sexism] versus many forms of oppression, like black women. Therefore, the black feminists of the Combahee River Collective aimed for an inclusive rather than exclusive movement because, "The ...

  4. Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female - Wikipedia

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    Beal's essay talks about the misconceptions and troubles that occur when trying to analyze the role of a Black woman in society. More specifically, the pamphlet seeks to analyze, explain, and apply the specific discrimination and oppression Black women face in society at the intersection of both their gender and race.

  5. Triple oppression - Wikipedia

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    Jones believed that black women's triple oppression based on race, class, and gender preceded all other forms of oppression. Additionally, she theorized that by freeing black women, who are the most oppressed of all people, freedom would be gained for all people who suffer from race, class, and gender oppression. [13]

  6. Womanism - Wikipedia

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    In her introduction to The Womanist Reader, Layli Phillips contends that despite womanism's characterization, its main concern is not the Black woman per se but rather the Black woman is the point of origin for womanism. [4] The basic tenets of womanism includes a strong, self-authored spirit of activism that is especially evident in literature ...

  7. The history and meaning behind Women's History Month colors

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    “Feminists in the 1970s critiqued the exclusion and lack of recognition of women’s contributions to our society and campaigned for the inclusion of women in our history school curriculum, as ...

  8. 10 new books by Black authors to read this Black History ...

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    Billed as the perfect book for Jordan Peele fans, “Listen To Your Sister” is about 25-year-old Calla, who has just become guardian to her 16-year-old brother Jamie. Overwhelmed with raising ...

  9. Black Feminist Thought - Wikipedia

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    The rejection of the dominant group's definition of black women and black women's imposition of their own self-definition indicates a "collective Black women's consciousness". [17] The expression of black women's consciousness and standpoint is an integral part of developing Black feminist thought. [ 18 ]