Patricia Hill Collins is apart of the sociological community and she also happens to be the first African American woman to hold her role (Higginbotham 2008). Her leadership and independence lead African American woman today. During the 1900’s, Collins and Kimberly Crenshaw conceived the concept of intersectionality that dealt with the lives and experiences of individuals in their diversity (Hobbs, Rice 17). Intersectionality was described as women and men living multiple layers of identities and were experiencing oppression and privilege (Hobbs, Rice 18). Intersectionality explores gender, sexuality, race, class, disability, age, and much more but it is evident to men and women to display the positions of power. Patricia Hill Collins published, …show more content…
Feminism is known to be the belief of equality between the sexes and also the movement created around belief. In relation to equality, it is the idea to end sexism and to end a patriarchal society. The word feminism was created in the 1880’s in France and the Netherlands, which only connects to Caucasians (Hobbs, Rice 1B). Feminism started with Caucasians before it got established to people of color. The Feminist Movement is entirely about the change for women but the movement consists of only a White women’s viewpoint, which they view the male as the enemy. Reading about feminism only makes references to European men and women but not people of color. During the Feminist Movement, three waves were created; the first wave was women’s suffrage, the second wave was the women’s liberation movement, and the third movement was centered on sexuality (Hobbs, Rice 23). The movement was focused on women and poverty, women and education, violence against women, women in the economy, and women and politics. These were standard movements that were fought for but it was the perspective of the White women but it may have applied to all …show more content…
Also it is reflected on the understanding of racial and gender oppression of Black women. Also, the term Black feminism has a relation to womanism as well. Womanism is connected with the natural order of life, between men and women. Alice Walker is a candidate for being a womanist; she describes the term womanism to be, one who is committed to the survival and wholeness of an entire people (Mojica 2011). Womanism is rooted in history and gender oppression but it is different from and superior than feminism (Mojica 2011). Alice Walker makes it clear that Black women are considered to be womanists while White women are to be feminists (Bromley 2006). Black feminism is associated with the social, political, and educational needs and struggle for African American women. Black feminism is associated with leadership, just like feminism. It deals with women issues such as, poverty, education, racism, employment, and much more. It confronts sexism and also the social relations, which males have authority over females. For Black females they should only result to considering themselves as a womanist or a Black feminist but not