All women share accountability for racism that divides feminist movement.

Evidence

If women want a feminist revolution—ours is a world that is crying out for feminist revolution—then we must assume responsibility for drawing women together in political solidarity. That means we must assume responsibility for eliminating all the forces that divide women. Racism is one such force. Women, all women, are accountable for racism continuing to divide us. Our willingness to assume responsibility for the elimination of racism need not be engendered by feelings of guilt, moral responsibility, victimization, or rage. It can spring from a heartfelt desire for sisterhood and the personal, intellectual realization that racism among women undermines the potential radicalism of feminism. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 458

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: All American women are socialized racist, classist, and sexist regardless of feminist labels. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 457; Social workers must take action against all forms of oppression, racism, discrimination, and inequities, and acknowledge their own biases. — Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and the Social Work Profession; Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them

Related

• All American women are socialized racist, classist, and sexist regardless of feminist labels. (similarity 0.90)
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them (similarity 0.86)
• American women perpetuate the very racism and sexism that oppress them (similarity 0.84)
• Black women needed a separate feminist intellectual tradition (similarity 0.84)
• Black women rejected the movement’s execution, not feminism’s ideology. (similarity 0.84)
• The 60s women’s movement structurally repeated the earlier movement’s racism. (similarity 0.84)
• Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism (similarity 0.83)
• Scholars frame black women’s organizing as anti-racist, not feminist (similarity 0.83)
• A racist and classist feminism merely perpetuates women’s bondage to patriarchy. (similarity 0.83)
• Racial alliances superseded feminist solidarity between black and white women (similarity 0.82)
• The women’s movement failed to analyze black women’s sexist oppression (similarity 0.82)
• Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism (similarity 0.82)
• Awareness of sexist discrimination does not equal eliminating sexist oppression (similarity 0.82)
• Racism was routine within the women’s rights movement against black reformers (similarity 0.81)
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them #exemplifies (0.75)