The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy.

Evidence

Relationships between white and black women were charged by tensions and conflicts in the early part of the 20th century. The women’s rights movement had not drawn black and white women close together. Instead, it exposed the fact that white women were not willing to relinquish their support of white supremacy to support the interests of all women. Racism in the women’s rights movement and in the work arena was a constant reminder to black women of the distances that separated the two experiences, distances that white women did not want bridged. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 404

Categorization

• XREF: Directly continues the argument the reader is tracking about white supremacy inside feminism, echoing Chapter 2’s discussion of the suffrage era. — connects to: White suffragists opposed black male suffrage out of racial hierarchy concerns. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 369; White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 366; White suffragists openly argued suffrage would secure white supremacy. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 372 (+10 more)

Related

• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. (similarity 0.90)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men (similarity 0.89)
• White suffragists opposed black male suffrage out of racial hierarchy concerns. (similarity 0.89)
• White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. (similarity 0.88)
• Racial alliances superseded feminist solidarity between black and white women (similarity 0.87)
• The 60s women’s movement structurally repeated the earlier movement’s racism. (similarity 0.87)
• White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers (similarity 0.87)
• In the 1930s black and white women pursued divergent political priorities (similarity 0.86)
• Both white and black patriarchies framed feminism as opposition to black liberation. (similarity 0.86)
• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference (similarity 0.86)
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them (similarity 0.86)
• White dominance in feminism reflects racial imperialism, not black disinterest (similarity 0.86)
• Racism was routine within the women’s rights movement against black reformers (similarity 0.86)
• Black women faced pressure from both whites and blacks to separate racism from sexism (similarity 0.86)
• White suffragists openly argued suffrage would secure white supremacy. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women #expands (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119
• Racial imperialism let white women act as oppressors of black people despite sexism #corroborates (0.80)
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. #expands (0.75)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 422
• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference #expands (0.70)
• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. #corroborates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 39
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them #expands (0.60)