Racial alliances superseded feminist solidarity between black and white women

Evidence

This attitude always threatened the occasional political solidarity that existed between black and white women’s rights activists. To white women, full participation in the growth of the U.S. as a nation often included acceptance and support of white racial imperialism, while black women, even those who were most politically conservative, were often obliged to denounce the nation because of its racist policies. Eventually both groups of women allowed racial alliances to supersede feminist struggle. Racial segregation remained the norm in most women’s organizations and clubs in the 30s and 40s. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 507

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racism was routine within the women’s rights movement against black reformers — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 376; White women’s racism targeted black women more intensely than black men — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 383; White women’s clubs excluded black women even from token recognition — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 379 (+13 more)

Related

• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women (similarity 0.90)
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. (similarity 0.87)
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them (similarity 0.87)
• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference (similarity 0.87)
• White women’s racism targeted black women more intensely than black men (similarity 0.86)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men (similarity 0.86)
• White feminists dismissed race talk to preserve a unified sisterhood (similarity 0.86)
• Early black feminists were isolated from both black communities and the white feminist movement (similarity 0.85)
• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. (similarity 0.85)
• Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism (similarity 0.85)
• Black women’s organizations deferred women’s rights until after black liberation (similarity 0.85)
• The women-and-blacks analogy erased black women by equating women with whites (similarity 0.85)
• White women’s clubs excluded black women even from token recognition (similarity 0.84)
• Scholars frame black women’s organizing as anti-racist, not feminist (similarity 0.84)
• Black women faced a double bind between racist white feminists and patriarchal black leaders (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women #expands (0.85) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119
• Racial imperialism let white women act as oppressors of black people despite sexism #expands (0.75)
• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference #expands (0.70)
• The women-and-blacks analogy erased black women by equating women with whites #expands (0.60)
• Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism #corroborates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 46
• White feminists dismissed race talk to preserve a unified sisterhood #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 16