Sexist-racist socialization convinced black women their interests were not worth fighting for.

Evidence

That black women did not collectively rally against the exclusion of our interests by both groups was an indication that sexist-racist socialization had effectively brainwashed us to feel that our interests were not worth fighting for, to believe that the only option available to us was submission to the terms of others. We did not challenge, question, or critique; we reacted. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 40

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the brainwashing/internalization theme found across feminist and anti-racist literatures. — connects to: Fear of being alone drove black women to accept black male sexism — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 537; 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; Black women’s silence on sexism stemmed from socialization that devalued their femaleness (+3 more)

Related

• Racist, sexist socialization conditioned black women to devalue femaleness and identify only with race (similarity 0.92)
• Black women’s silence on sexism stemmed from socialization that devalued their femaleness (similarity 0.90)
• Fear of being alone drove black women to accept black male sexism (similarity 0.89)
• Twentieth-century black women learned to accept sexism as natural fact (similarity 0.86)
• Awareness of sexist discrimination does not equal eliminating sexist oppression (similarity 0.86)
• Black women experienced sexist oppression distinct from racism (similarity 0.86)
• The women’s movement failed to analyze black women’s sexist oppression (similarity 0.85)
• Devaluation of black women was a deliberate method of social control (similarity 0.85)
• Black leaders resist acknowledging black male sexism to avoid complicating anti-racist efforts. (similarity 0.84)
• Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism (similarity 0.84)
• Black women needed a separate feminist intellectual tradition (similarity 0.84)
• Sexism and racism were twin oppressive forces in black women’s slave experience (similarity 0.83)
• All American women are socialized racist, classist, and sexist regardless of feminist labels. (similarity 0.83)
• Understanding black women’s status requires analyzing race and sex together (similarity 0.83)
• Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Black women’s silence on sexism stemmed from socialization that devalued their femaleness #expands (0.85)
• Twentieth-century black women learned to accept sexism as natural fact #corroborates (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 29
• Devaluation of black women was a deliberate method of social control #expands (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 191