White women appropriated feminism to gain entry into American capitalism.

Evidence

As they participated in the women’s movement they found, in their dialogues with white women in women’s groups, in women’s studies classes, at conferences, that their trust was betrayed. They found that white women had appropriated feminism to advance their own cause, i.e., their desire to enter the mainstream of American capitalism. They were told that white women were in the majority and that they had the power to decide which issues would be considered “feminist” issues. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 442

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White feminists appropriated slave suffering to advance their own cause. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 368; White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 366; White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 387 (+10 more)

Related

• White feminists appropriated slave suffering to advance their own cause. (similarity 0.92)
• White feminists appropriated feminism while hooks reclaims it for all people (similarity 0.89)
• White feminist organizing surged in reaction to black men gaining rights. (similarity 0.87)
• The women’s movement equated liberation with capitalist economic success (similarity 0.86)
• Feminist ideals were resignified to serve neoliberal market individualism (similarity 0.86)
• White feminists pursued work rights only for white women workers (similarity 0.86)
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. (similarity 0.85)
• White feminists’ self-victimization rhetoric served their opportunistic interests (similarity 0.84)
• White dominance in feminism reflects racial imperialism, not black disinterest (similarity 0.84)
• Racial imperialism let white women act as oppressors of black people despite sexism (similarity 0.84)
• Some feminists appropriated the movement to serve individual careers rather than collective change (similarity 0.84)
• The mainstream women’s movement was deliberately structured around white middle-class interests. (similarity 0.84)
• Adopting feminist rhetoric did not free white feminists from sexist-racist attitudes. (similarity 0.83)
• American women perpetuate the very racism and sexism that oppress them (similarity 0.83)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• White feminists appropriated feminism while hooks reclaims it for all people #expands (0.70) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 564
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. #corroborates (0.60)
• Racial imperialism let white women act as oppressors of black people despite sexism #corroborates (0.55)
• White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 454
• Some feminists appropriated the movement to serve individual careers rather than collective change #qualifies (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 551
• White women’s linguistic erasure of black women served their own political interests #expands (0.50) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 416