The suffrage movement has always had prominent figures like Susan B Anthony be the forefront and face of feminism. Whenever the history of feminism is mentioned, it’s almost certain that you’ll hear the name Susan B Anthony. What she represents however doesn’t encapsulate her actions during the height of the movement. Anthony was in fact an exclusionary feminist who held racial bias despite being presented as a leader who should be praised for her strides towards equality for women. Women like Ida B. Wells routinely and persistently combatted the silencing of black women in the suffrage movement by forming organizations like the NAACP, the Alpha Suffrage Club and the National Association for Colored Women’s Club. When told that black women would have to march in the back, she would make her way to the front. Black suffragettes were not included in the fight for political equality such as the right to vote. Feminists like Anthony voiced dissatisfaction over black men gaining the right to vote before black women, showing how Anthony’s values were not rooted in equality for all women but rather White women’s proximity in power to white men. Liberation for all women was not the goal among suffragettes like Anthony. Genawang mentioned in her response that “The quote I found in that youtube was I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the negro and not the women.” Telling us that basically women really deserve to vote more than Black Men.” A lot of white feminists viewed womanhood and women’s rights under a white lens, as they were the default. Blackness in a lot of cases has a hyperfocus on black men rather than black men and women. I feel like this is why in a lot of movements, the needs of black women are often overlooked and disregarded. Especially within the feminist movement, the structure of it within America makes it so the needs of whiteness takes precedent over any other race/s needs. For example I remember freeing the nipple being a nationwide controversy and it garnering so much attention, however when thousands upon thousands of Indigenous women went missing, there was little coverage if any. When it comes to the needs of women of other races, the outrage is less collective and more individualized and because of this it means that issues that plague women of color often need to rely on social media to spread awareness and keep momentum. However I believe that feminism has gotten better at addressing multiple issues at once and how they affect people differently. There is more discussions on how fetishization affects women across all races, or how our society continues to endanger trans women by centering cis opinions constantly. I do think it’s because more women of all backgrounds  have come forward and voiced their reality across social media. Growing up I realized that I had shared issues with white women when it came to sexism but in all actuality, my experience was nearly the exact opposite of theirs. While white women have the privilege of being infantilized and seen as hyperfeminine as a default, my entire life consisted of trying to prove my femininity and that my skin color did not mean I was immune to pain, tragedy, or trauma. I’ve noticed that while white women fight to be seen as strong and equal to men, black women have tried to dismantle the harmful strong black woman stereotype we are routinely placed under.