Women, Race, & Class

It is only subtle now but it still goes on, that is what makes it frustrating because freedom is hardly even granted to Blacks, at least not the same type of freedom that white counterparts experience. I liked how this book talked about modern day slavery and the struggles that Black women are facing today. I will consider myself a Feminist, I believe that woman should have the same rights as men. They should have equal pay, equal opportunity and they should not only be known as the nurturing kind when there are varieties of woman who have different strengths and weakness.

Women should not be known by their physical appearance or their emotions but by their willingness to speak up against the injustice in society. This was a pleasant read, I plan to read more books by Davis, she is an extraordinary woman with great talent. Jul 28, Sarah rated it it was amazing Shelves: I adore this book. It is one of those books that blew apart the white middle class way I was raised, and it made me a smarter and better person. Her ideas are so powerful that they deserve to be read and reread. Que livro, meus amigos, que livro.

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Aug 16, Abeer Abdullah rated it it was amazing Shelves: A book like absolutely no other, Absolutely no other. Never there was and never there will ever be anyone like Angela Y. My personal hero, and everything I ever want to be. Dec 23, Andrea Vega rated it it was amazing Shelves: Uno de esos libros es Mujeres, Raza y Clase, publicado por primera vez en Les quiero poner un poco en contexto de donde sale mi lectura sobre este libro. Y vaya que fue buena idea.

Pero bueno, volvamos a Mujeres, Raza y Clase. Habla de la historia de la mujer negra y en general de la comunidad negra desde el esclavismo y sus condiciones de desigualdad. En fin, les voy a dejar de contar el libro. Precisamente, cuando habla del sufragismo habla de como el sufragismo era un movimiento donde las mujeres negras eran virtualmente invisibles.

Todo esto me lleva al siguiente punto. Este libro, escrito por Shulamith Firestone, una de las figuras principales en el feminismo radical. Los ataques a nadie les sirven, mientras que las criticas ayudan a avanzar y a evolucionar.

Aug 10, J. I loved this book! I learned a lot from this book that I think I would not have learned otherwise. She details the roles of Black women in the black community from slavery up through the modern era. The role of black women as equals to their men in regards to work during the time of slavery which is contrasted with the role of free white women in society at the time. Aug 21, Leah rated it it was amazing Shelves: I remember borrowing this book from the public library on Fordham Road when I was I poured over its pages.

This turned me on to feminist research and critical theory in a way I can't full express. At 15 I knew the life of the mind was for me I've since donated a new copy May 15, Reggie rated it really liked it. Dec 17, Nikita T. Mitchell rated it really liked it Shelves: A few months ago I started on a quest to educate myself about feminism, especially as it relates to black women. As a result, my GoodReads queue has become filled with books on beauty, books written by authors like Alice Walker and even couple books on hip-hop feminism. I've recently been introduced to authors like Bell Hooks, and I'm constantly learning of others to add to my list.

As with my general fascination with learning, the more I read the more I realize I don't know and want to find out A few months ago I started on a quest to educate myself about feminism, especially as it relates to black women. As with my general fascination with learning, the more I read the more I realize I don't know and want to find out. In this collection of writings, Angela Davis touches on a range of topics that point to the struggles of the Black woman fighting to fight for equality in a movement that fails to include her.

It starts with a telling and often gruesome discussion on the female slave, detailing the laborious expectations on the field coupled with her complex role in the home slave quarters. She even goes into the brutal punishments regularly inflicted - from the abuse experienced by pregnant women to the brutal rapes at the hands of white men.

This, for me, was the hardest part of the book to read because of the raw brutality illustrated. It's definitely a must read, especially for young black women like myself. Jul 27, Sara-Jayne rated it it was amazing. As timeless today as it was in , Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis is a necessary read for any person interested in social and racial justice.

If you haven't read this book yet It will challenge you, it will infuriate you, and it will make you a better intersectional feminist.

Women, race, & class

Jan 31, Tara rated it it was amazing Shelves: A must read, especially for white feminists. It's incredibly comprehensive and her writing is engaging and accessible. It's also frustratingly timely, as so many of the issues brought up within the book are still issues our social justice movements face today.

Uma leitura essencial para esses tempos. Apr 30, Irn rated it it was amazing. Angela Davis is pretty awesome. Or, more accurately, against slavery and lynching, against capitalism, and for woman suffrage and reproductive freedom. I really l Angela Davis is pretty awesome. Apr 04, Miri rated it it was amazing Shelves: I can't believe how readable this book is, considering how dense it also is in historical detail. The research that went into it must be astounding, but it flows in most places like a conversation with a really well-informed friend.

Along with many subjects I am familiar with, I was absolutely fascinated by all the socialist ideas I've never heard before. I have paaaaaages of notes that I'll have to add later. May 12, Mykie rated it really liked it Shelves: Why I read this book: Angela Davis is a pioneer in terms of black liberation and gender equality. I have always admired and appreciated her writing and her being. It is actually a study and the contents reflect this that digs into the racism that continues to take place in movements associated with women, race and class.

I would have a Why I read this book: I would have appreciated a subtitle indicating that it was a study because I quickly assumed that it was just a script on the subjects of women, race and class rather than a study of racism as it related to women, race and class. She is honest and frank and has a beautiful way of getting her points across. It is important for me to know my history in order to know where I am going. The details of this book were profound, revealing and relevant. The history taught in schools is not the full picture and I am glad Angela Davis decided to perform this study.

It was well-referenced and thorough My rating distribution for book reviews in general: Some of the most flagrant symptoms of social deterioration are acknowledged as serious problems only when they have assumed such epidemic proportions that they appear to defy solution. Rape is a case in point. In the United States today, it is one of the fastest-growing violent crimes. After ages of silence, suffering and misplaced guilt, sexual assault is explosively emerging as one of the telling dysfunctions of present-day capitalist society. The rising public concern about rape in the United States has inspired countless numbers of women to divulge their past encounters with actual or would-be assailants.

As a result, an awesome fact has come to light: May 13, Rebekka Steg rated it it was amazing Shelves: Although first published in , almost 30 years ago the edition I read was published in , but as far as I understand it is just a reprint, and no changes have been made , the book sadly remains just as relevant and important today. In this book Davis eloquently shows how Although first published in , almost 30 years ago the edition I read was published in , but as far as I understand it is just a reprint, and no changes have been made , the book sadly remains just as relevant and important today.

In this book Davis eloquently shows how often the white feminist movement has ignored the real needs and issues of the black women, believing and acting as if class and race made no difference to the issues they faced. She shows that although at the very beginning the abolitionist movement and the women's rights movement had strong ties and relations, they rather quickly fell apart, and that many white women speaking for women's rights, would speak against the rights of African Americans, including the women.

The feminist movement has had a tendency to ignore the important of class and race, but these are real and important issues and they need to be addressed.

Oct 01, Christy rated it really liked it Shelves: This is one of the best histories of the feminist movement I've ever read. Most such histories have limited their scope to a particular issue e. I know of nothing before Davis's book that has this level of detailed research, emotional weight, breadth of scope, and depth of focus. I can only hope to find another book that is comparable as I continue to study feminist theory.

Nov 15, Kathrina rated it really liked it Shelves: Masterful overview of America's women's movement from pre-Civil War to the end of the 's, especially concerning the experiences and oppressions of Black women and girls. You likely didn't learn this stuff in school. My only gripe is that Davis assumes we understand her vision of socialism and references her view without much explication.

Perhaps this was easier for her contemporary readers, but readers in could benefit from some additional context. Angela Davis will be speaking on the U Masterful overview of America's women's movement from pre-Civil War to the end of the 's, especially concerning the experiences and oppressions of Black women and girls.

Angela Davis will be speaking on the University of Iowa campus on March 8, Recomendo a leitura a todas as pessoas! Dec 30, Iria rated it it was amazing. Jul 31, Paul Crider rated it it was amazing Shelves: Angela Davis offers a readable, incisive history of the intersections of race especially blacks , gender, and class through American history since slavery. It is an exposition of intersectionality almost a decade before the term was coined. Anyone interested in the history of the women's movement in the US, or black history, should definitely read this book.

Davis focuses on the ways marginalized groups have been played against one another.

Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

White women in the women's suffrage movement, for examp Angela Davis offers a readable, incisive history of the intersections of race especially blacks , gender, and class through American history since slavery. White women in the women's suffrage movement, for example, engaged in racist rhetoric in an effort to ensure white women would get the right to vote before blacks.

In order to appeal to racist voters and power brokers during Reconstruction, white suffragettes even argued that giving women the right to vote would increase the proportion of whites voting and limit the political power of blacks. Economic inequality was a major issues that feminist struggled to address. But, according to Davis, the white, middle class feminist movement did not do enough to really challenge the inequality brought about by capitalism , an economic system in which people sell their labor in exchange for a wage.

Here's the big critique: Davis felt that the white feminist movement ultimately accepted the conditions of capitalism and did not attempt to overthrow the existing economic order. In other words, Davis argues that this movement was never radical, and thus, could never truly addressing deeply entrenched inequality. It felt, to Davis, more like maintaining the status quo. One of the most important contributions of Women, Race, and Class is is the way that Davis shows how different strands of the feminist movement were not always compatible with one another.

Importantly, the goals of feminism did not always fully acknowledge the degree to which racism shaped the experiences of black women in the United States. For example, early white feminists often had to try to convince white men that a women's vote would matter. In order to do so, they often had to rely on racist arguments that emphasized the superiority of white women. It's not that Davis was saying suffrage was not a good idea.

Women, Race, and Class

Rather, she was pointing out the fact that some of the goals of the white feminist movement did not take into consideration the experiences of black and lower-class women. Another important example of the disjunctures between the white and black feminist movements was the issue of birth control.

White feminists often saw access to birth control as a key component of equality. However, as Davis notes, black women in the United States had been subject to policies like forced sterilization. Thus, the idea that birth control might be a point of liberation did not resonate with many black women. Davis' historical lens also carefully points out the ways that black women have always organized for equality at different points in history. Davis opens this book by acknowledging the fact that slavery often made black women stronger.

Additionally, Davis points out the ways in which there was sometimes solidarity between black and white feminist movements. For example, many feminists united around the issues of education. White feminists often participated in movements to educate black children, even under threat of persecution.

Angela Davis is an extremely important activist, scholar, and feminist. She is well known for many different works, but one of her most well-known pieces is the book Women, Race, and Class , which is a historical overview of struggles within white and black feminist movements. Davis outlines the ways that the white feminist movement was often not attuned to the most pressing issues of the black community. In this way, black and white feminist movements were not always compatible.

Ultimately, Davis argues that feminist movements were hampered by the negative effects of racism and an inability on the part of white, middle class feminists to recognize this.

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However, Davis does note that there were some points of commonality. For example, black and white feminists often worked together on issues of education , which was much less divisive than issues like birth control and suffrage. Although Davis wrote Women, Race, and Class in , many of the issues remain relevant today as activists seek to confront inequality based upon race, class, and gender that persists in our society.

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Angela Davis Angela Y. Angela Davis in In addition to her activism, Davis is well-known for her scholarship and has written a number of important works. Women, Race, and Class Davis' primary goal in Women, Race, and Class involved tracing the efforts of feminist movements for suffrage the right to vote in the United States. Divisions in the Feminist Movement One of the most important contributions of Women, Race, and Class is is the way that Davis shows how different strands of the feminist movement were not always compatible with one another.

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