“The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977)” by Combahee River Collective focuses on political work by Black feminists through organizations and movements. Going further in the article we learn these organizations and movent are for struggles against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression. The article focuses on the issues it shows how society hasn’t changed because even today women have to fight for their sexuality, race, and rights. Black women always have to fight to protect their rights, prove that they can be just as smart as a man or a white man, society underestimates women especially black women based on their skin color. Always being judged and criticized makes it difficult for black women to be accepted in politics, even as young kids women are thought how to be a lady such as having skirts on makes them look more feminine and wearing pants is masculine, playing sport is a man game, having certain toy defined based on gender, the way people speak, how a house to clean and cook is only a women job. Now Black is allowed an education, however, They are still on the button of the economic chain. It’s still hard for black women to be taken seriously, people are always judging based on their skin tone, they are always judged based on their educational choice, the way they talk and act. They are also judged on their sexuality, judging people on so many things makes it hard for women to be accepted and be treated in politics. Having different sexuality, being a woman or a different type of education makes society question people’s logic and choices. Some other struggles Black feminists face are white women are also having protests and movements, since white women get treated with more respect and values, black protest gets ignored and overpowered. White women based on their colors get publicity such as people like them in politics, in newspapers. They get more press and being white is acceptable, having money and different resources to fund their belief. The value of men is different from women, the value of a white woman values more than a Black man, a value of a black man values more than a Black woman. If people were happy for others’ success and supported them for their belief and focus on personality instead of race, status, gender, and sexuality, more people would have success in life.
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