As I was reading the paragraph from Combahee River Collectives called “Black Feministic Statement” She talks about her statement and how women are classified in society. It states, “The most general statement of our politics at the present time would be that we are actively committed to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression.” Well for me this states that certain individuals were just born to face conflict in relation to racial, sexual,
heterosexual, and class oppression in their lives which they never sign up for. Combahee River claims that black women’s position in society is the ones who encounter more discrimination. The role of socialism in their statement was that every individual sex determines the amount of power they will receive. The reason for that is men the myth they follow, men are superiors and women. And they’re also the head of the house, the one who makes the rules.
While reading the poetry from Carrillo the author who named the piece, “And when I Leave You” she describes her experience as being a slave. Racism operates in the women’s movement was a huge conflict which, cause disagreement amongst factions of white and Black women management. I believe that it is well written how the author expresses their feeling throughout the poetry which makes the reading picture in their mind what the writer has been through in their life as a slave.
In Anzaldúa paragraph she describes the border as being like a wall that separates individuals. And they will always be a conflict if that wall is still present. The only way to get rude of the problems is by breaking down the wall and let everyone unite as one community. She uses the concept of mestiza to characterize the privileged that different individuals receive. For Anzaldúa this means your privilege is decided the moment you were born.
