Shared sexism bonded militant black men and white men across racial divides

Evidence

While the 60s black power movement was a reaction against racism, it was also a movement that allowed black men to overtly announce their support of patriarchy. Militant black men were publicly attacking the white male patriarchs for their racism but they were also establishing a bond of solidarity with them based on their shared acceptance of and commitment to patriarchy. The strongest bonding element between militant black men and white men was their shared sexism—they both believed in the inherent inferiority of woman and supported male dominance. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 277

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 454; Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 456; Black male leaders treated gender equality as secondary to racial struggle — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 506 (+7 more)

Related

• The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism (similarity 0.91)
• White men sympathized with black power because shared sexism overrode racism (similarity 0.91)
• Douglass and black male activists allied with white patriarchs through shared sexism. (similarity 0.88)
• Black male leaders treated gender equality as secondary to racial struggle (similarity 0.87)
• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. (similarity 0.87)
• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women (similarity 0.87)
• White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support. (similarity 0.86)
• Attributing black relationship problems to racism alone masks sexism’s impact (similarity 0.85)
• White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition (similarity 0.84)
• 60s black liberation codified sexist role separation within the movement (similarity 0.84)
• Racial alliances superseded feminist solidarity between black and white women (similarity 0.83)
• Black liberation requires fighting sexism as much as racism (similarity 0.83)
• Both white and black patriarchies framed feminism as opposition to black liberation. (similarity 0.83)
• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.83)
• Sexism and racism together intensified black women’s oppression beyond black men’s. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Sexism unites black and white men across the racial divide that racism creates #corroborates (0.95)
• White men sympathized with black power because shared sexism overrode racism #corroborates (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 276