White feminists dismissed race talk to preserve a unified sisterhood

Evidence

In classes and in consciousness-raising groups when I called attention to the differences created in our lives by race and racism, I was often treated with disdain by white female comrades who were eager to bond around shared notions of sisterhood. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 16

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the exclusion dynamics detailed in later chapters on racism within feminism. — connects to: White women’s clubs excluded black women even from token recognition — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 379; White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 387; Early second-wave feminism was dominated by white women who excluded black women — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 405 (+11 more)

Related

• White feminists excluded black women by analogy rather than overt discrimination (similarity 0.89)
• Early black feminists were isolated from both black communities and the white feminist movement (similarity 0.88)
• White women’s clubs excluded black women even from token recognition (similarity 0.88)
• Early second-wave feminism was dominated by white women who excluded black women (similarity 0.87)
• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference (similarity 0.87)
• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. (similarity 0.86)
• Racial alliances superseded feminist solidarity between black and white women (similarity 0.86)
• The women’s rights movement exposed white women’s refusal to surrender white supremacy. (similarity 0.85)
• White dominance in feminism reflects racial imperialism, not black disinterest (similarity 0.85)
• White feminists appropriated feminism while hooks reclaims it for all people (similarity 0.84)
• White women’s linguistic erasure of black women served their own political interests (similarity 0.84)
• Black women organized separately after white women’s racism barred them (similarity 0.84)
• White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers (similarity 0.83)
• Black women named their race in group titles because exclusion forced it (similarity 0.82)
• White women’s racism targeted black women more intensely than black men (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• White feminists dismissed black women’s attention to racial difference #corroborates (0.95)
• White women’s linguistic erasure of black women served their own political interests #corroborates (0.80) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 416
• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. #expands (0.70) — 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)
• White women allied with white men on shared racism against Black women #complicates (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 119