White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights.

Evidence

While they strongly advocated an end to slavery, they never advocated a change in the racial hierarchy that allowed their caste status to be higher than that of black women or men. In fact, they wanted that hierarchy to be maintained. Consequently, the white women’s rights movement which had a lukewarm beginning in earlier reform activities emerged in full force in the wake of efforts to gain rights for black people precisely because white women wanted to see no change in the social status of blacks until they were assured that their demands for more rights were met. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 366

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; White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men.; Racism was routine within the women’s rights movement against black reformers — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 376 (+9 more)

Related

• White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers (similarity 0.91)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men (similarity 0.89)
• White feminists appropriated feminism while hooks reclaims it for all people (similarity 0.88)
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. (similarity 0.88)
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. (similarity 0.87)
• White women appropriated feminism to gain entry into American capitalism. (similarity 0.87)
• White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition (similarity 0.87)
• Racism was routine within the women’s rights movement against black reformers (similarity 0.86)
• Black women’s organizations deferred women’s rights until after black liberation (similarity 0.86)
• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women (similarity 0.85)
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them (similarity 0.85)
• White women’s racism targeted black women more intensely than black men (similarity 0.85)
• White dominance in feminism reflects racial imperialism, not black disinterest (similarity 0.84)
• Scholars frame black women’s organizing as anti-racist, not feminist (similarity 0.84)
• Racial alliances superseded feminist solidarity between black and white women (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men #corroborates (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 422
• White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 454
• White men sympathized with black power because shared sexism overrode racism #complicates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 276
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. #corroborates (0.60) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 404
• Racism was routine within the women’s rights movement against black reformers #corroborates (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 376
• White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers #expands (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 387
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. #expands (0.50)
• White women appropriated feminism to gain entry into American capitalism. #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 442
• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119
• White feminists appropriated feminism while hooks reclaims it for all people #exemplifies (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 564
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them #expands (0.45)
• White women’s racism targeted black women more intensely than black men #qualifies (0.40) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 383