Women, race & class - A Women's Press classic

Angela Y. Davis (1983)

„Far too few white feminists realize the extent to which they have internalized racist ideologies or the degree to which their white solipsism operates. […] Davis’s book is extremely important for twentieth-century feminists concerned with building coalitions between Black and white women.“ – Gloria I. Joseph, 1983

Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the suffrage cause found unwavering support in Frederick Douglass, many women played on the fears of white supremacists for political gain rather than take an intersectional approach to liberation. Davis shows readers how the inequalities between Black and white women influence the contemporary issues of rape, reproductive freedom, housework and child care. (Verweis: Random House)