Essay #2
Carillo, Joe “And when you leave take your pictures with you, Editor: Moraga, Cherrie Anzaldua, Gloria: The Bridge Called My Back, Writings by radical women of color (Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1981) racism in women movement. Pg. 63 Carillo, “take your pictures with you, Pg. 63. Authors a compelling poem, of how our white sisters’ have an image of who we are as people of color, which they hang on their walls. “We’re not as happy as we look on their wall.” According to the writer our white sister depicts color people of our clothes on a factory machine or waving weapons and carrying children of color. Our white radical sisters depict what we eat, and how we live like they know our culture and what we honor. Their pictures image of us is walking in the hot flaming sun through the fields with distinct hats and clothing. Other pictures image us as slaves and they think we are submissive to their demands and when they finally meet us, not as they pictured in their head like the pictures on their walls, they do not like what they see, there are not sure if they like us, as they depicted in the first place.
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta, “How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, 2017 (Haymarket Books Chicago Illinois). This compelling and inspiring writings of Black Feminist since 1974 have been fighting for Black Women liberation movement, in the political in a system of white supremacy. “The synthesis of these oppression creates the conditions of our lives.” Black feminists argue that they are oppressed not only by the color of their skin, but by their gender as well. The white supremacy groups have embodied Black Women as slaves. It has been a fact that Black Women have been struggling against oppression since the 1960’s. This declaration of Black Women Liberation is powerful and speaks out for other people of color. The role they played on socialism is equality by the community, as a whole and not being separated by class, color, or gender.
These two readings speak to me, because it is an atrocity to believe that women have been fighting just for human rights and freedom from this oppressive conditions, and need liberation as is our right. No women of color should be struggling, because of their skin color or sex. This issue must have a solution and some changes need to be written as a violation of the law. We women have a key role in this nation, and we need to be respected for our demanding work and passionate effort to keep this country running in obedience to the laws written. We most hold those accountable that discriminate against women of color. We have the right and freedom of speech to demand freedom and liberation of all women of color across the board. If we allow this to continue, we will never have leaders that critically thinks with common sense, and moral ethics in equality to be able to lead this country properly.
