Soujourner Truth was the original Third Wave Feminist

[JustAnotherGen]

1. In total agreement

A large part of the 'break' from Black women and feminism was centered around the treatment of black men. It was not just suffrage - it was also lynching, Jim Crow, Slavery by Any Other Name.

I can't call myself a feminist and 'throw black men' under the bus. My father, my brother, my nephews, my uncles, etc. etc. are black men. I know they are maligned - and they simply don't 'get ahead' at American womens' (of all races/ethnicities) expense.

Sojourner stood for the HUMANITY of not just black women - but for the HUMANITY of ALL black people. She got - as did Ida - the 'blood thirsty black man that rapes white women' was a a stereotype/outright lie. She understood that a black man did not have the POWER to impose his values/beliefs on America. . . or to treat white women as white men did. I.E. - You can't blame black men for the way America works. Think about it - who were the black men in Philadelphia that signed the Declaration?