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RBStevens

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25. I'll try -
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 04:43 PM
Feb 2014

Perhaps I could have worded it like, 'by implying that my advocacy/energy would be better spent on racism because racism is a *bigger issue*'

Yes, racism is a really big issue but so is sexism. I choose to expend the political energy I can afford on women's issues and by extension, since half of all people of color are female, I am also expending a good deal of that energy on racism because not all female people are white.

My point is that it is normally men who are asking those of us who focus on women's girls' issues to re-focus our energy to a *main* cause that includes men. And women's issues (all of them, including racism) do not.

One edit, I want to add that women who experience racism and sexism do have a double burden of course, no question about that!

This is a great read. thucythucy Feb 2014 #1
you are most welcome. niyad Feb 2014 #6
thankyou for posting this but what about ms Ida wells or Mary McLeod Bethune leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #2
nobody said this was THE definitive list, merely some, including those who niyad Feb 2014 #4
yes,true,there were and are many brave women leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #7
Ida Wells was always one of my heros RainDog Feb 2014 #37
from wiki. "They had made me an exile and threatened my life for hinting at the truth." leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #38
via Project Gutenberg & a good history site RainDog Feb 2014 #46
thank you for those links. have them bookmarked. niyad Feb 2014 #54
Excellent, I knew a little bit but this is a great article gopiscrap Feb 2014 #3
you are most welcome. niyad Feb 2014 #5
K&R for inspiration. MadrasT Feb 2014 #8
you are most welcome. niyad Feb 2014 #12
Some other noted black women from Oberlin College's history... theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #9
thank you for adding to this list. some truly remarkable women. niyad Feb 2014 #11
Some more on Edmonia Lewis theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #45
Thank you! RedRoses323 Feb 2014 #10
you are most welcome. niyad Feb 2014 #13
Good post Harmony Blue Feb 2014 #14
Personally? None of them Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #15
Well, there you go RBStevens Feb 2014 #28
Sojourner Truth, and my public school education NEVER mentioned that dreaded F-word! alp227 Feb 2014 #16
it is a sad commentary indeed on what passes for "education" in this country. niyad Feb 2014 #18
I taught "Ain't I a Woman?" to h.s. students. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #48
Some of the very best oratory EVER RBStevens Feb 2014 #49
:-) WinkyDink Feb 2014 #50
Thank you for the link. That looks like a wonderful site. myrna minx Feb 2014 #56
Hell, when I was attending public school... theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #27
This jumped out at me RBStevens Feb 2014 #17
you are most welcome. niyad Feb 2014 #19
Hi, I do not understand what you mean. Would you please clarify for me? Thanks uppityperson Feb 2014 #23
I'll try - RBStevens Feb 2014 #25
thanks for clarifying, I thought that was what you meant but have found asking uppityperson Feb 2014 #26
You're welcome! And thank you for asking :) RBStevens Feb 2014 #29
African American Month kenichol Feb 2014 #20
you are most welcome. niyad Feb 2014 #21
Seconded! nt AverageJoe90 Feb 2014 #39
K&R nt stevenleser Feb 2014 #22
I only recognized two of them. n/t Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #24
k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2014 #30
thank you for bringing us this amazing woman. pkease fel free to include others. niyad Feb 2014 #32
... TBF Feb 2014 #40
Shirley Chisholm gwheezie Feb 2014 #31
Not neaarly enough etherealtruth Feb 2014 #33
it was my pleasure. niyad Feb 2014 #34
Except for Sojourner, Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #35
One CFLDem Feb 2014 #36
May I add Lucy Stanton? TBF Feb 2014 #41
thank you for adding this amazing woman niyad Feb 2014 #43
Bookmarked- MerryBlooms Feb 2014 #42
you are most welcome niyad Feb 2014 #44
Bookmarking!! Number23 Feb 2014 #47
Wonderful article! Thanks so much for posting. K&R myrna minx Feb 2014 #51
you are most welcome niyad Feb 2014 #53
I know a few; not nearly enough TheSarcastinator Feb 2014 #52
kick for weekend crowd niyad Feb 2014 #55
To Barbara Jordan... an inspirational hero since the time of my political infancy theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #57
truly a most remarkable woman. niyad Feb 2014 #58
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