In “Paris is Burning” the film talks about poverty, being gay as an African American and Racism. In 1987 in New York a fashion show took place. It was opened with the legendary drag queen Pepper Labeija. Men have a competition against themselves called The Ball. You show who you are and how you got to where you are. The Ball is the world to many gays.  The Ball is like the Oscar’s to them, many do not have much close to nothing but they would steal anything in order to go to The Ball. 

The Combahee River Collective Statement has been a balck femisits organization since 1974. They combat the oppressions as women of color face a logical political movement. They struggle with racial and sexual opression agsint them. They talk about major topics.  

The genesis of contemporary black feminism are Afro-American women who sturggle and survive in the American system. 

What they believe in the value of black women. The lives of black women have not been valused for centuries. Their policies come from the love for themselves, their community and their sisters. This motivates them and continue to work harder in life. 

The problems they faced organizing the black feminists, is adressing opression. They are not facing oppression for just one side but the whole range of oppression. They don’t have the power or the privilege to get access to resources of groups with privilege. 

The Issues and projects of the black feminist, working people at a factory who have to struggle with race, sex and class. The projects were to attend the issues of aborition, rape, health care and bettered women.