A racist and classist feminism merely perpetuates women’s bondage to patriarchy.

Evidence

Resolution of the conflict between black and white women cannot begin until all women acknowledge that a feminist movement which is both racist and classist is a mere sham, a cover-up for women’s continued bondage to materialist patriarchal principles, and passive acceptance of the status quo. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 457

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes hooks’s definition of feminism as movement against sexist oppression beyond mere equality with men. — connects to: Using ‘women’ for white women alone perpetuates both racism and sexism. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 38; Racist, sexist socialization conditioned black women to devalue femaleness and identify only with race — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 24; American women perpetuate the very racism and sexism that oppress them (+6 more)

Related

• Feminist literature is often racist and sexist despite its liberatory rhetoric (similarity 0.90)
• Both white and black patriarchies framed feminism as opposition to black liberation. (similarity 0.89)
• Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism (similarity 0.89)
• White feminists appropriated feminism while hooks reclaims it for all people (similarity 0.88)
• American women perpetuate the very racism and sexism that oppress them (similarity 0.88)
• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. (similarity 0.87)
• Black women rejected the movement’s execution, not feminism’s ideology. (similarity 0.87)
• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. (similarity 0.86)
• The women’s movement equated liberation with capitalist economic success (similarity 0.86)
• Non-oppressed women sustain a reformist, racist, classist feminism without urgency (similarity 0.86)
• Black liberation requires fighting sexism as much as racism (similarity 0.86)
• Using ‘women’ for white women alone perpetuates both racism and sexism. (similarity 0.86)
• Black women needed a separate feminist intellectual tradition (similarity 0.86)
• All American women are socialized racist, classist, and sexist regardless of feminist labels. (similarity 0.86)
• The mainstream women’s movement was deliberately structured around white middle-class interests. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Using ‘women’ for white women alone perpetuates both racism and sexism. #expands (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 38
• Feminist literature is often racist and sexist despite its liberatory rhetoric #exemplifies (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 553
• Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism #expands (0.75) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 562
• American women perpetuate the very racism and sexism that oppress them #corroborates (0.70)
• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 39
• Non-oppressed women sustain a reformist, racist, classist feminism without urgency #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 556
• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. #expands (0.65) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 456
• Racist, sexist socialization conditioned black women to devalue femaleness and identify only with race #complicates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 24
• Both white and black patriarchies framed feminism as opposition to black liberation. #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 541