Soujourner Truth was the original Third Wave Feminist

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2. Fantastic

Fantastic post. I agree with every word.

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.

I feel the same way. I can no more distance myself from my grandfather and uncles and cousins than I could from my own children. They are me and I am them.

And as I've noted I don't know how many times, throughout the course of my life and career, I have suffered more discrimination, hatefulness, and OPPRESSION at the hands of white women than from anyone else. A comment from scarletwoman just about blew my head off I was nodding so hard the other day:

I haven't a clue, really, about what "feminism" is supposed to mean anymore - at least on DU. I'm 62 years old, I remember the early days of consciousness raising and battles for equality. But even back then, I was dismayed by some of directions it took - it began, after awhile, to look like mainly a vehicle for upper middle class white women to assert their right to participate fully in the corporate culture of exploitation and greed. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1240&pid=96063

And personally, the white women that made my life the most miserable were always the ones crying "sexism" anytime anything didn't go their way, whether whatever it was was deserved or not. It's really hard to lock arms and call someone my "sister" who's doing everything she can to minimize my contribution and take credit for my achievements all while stabbing me in the very back she's pretending to be looking out for.