Summary Of Barbara Smith Racism And Women's Studies Summary

In Racism and Women’s’ Studies, Barbara Smith argues that one cannot discuss the women’s movement without addressing racism. Ms. Smith explains how race, gender, sexuality and class are interconnected and how these relationships can produce privilege, but more often, generate oppression. Consequently, any effort to deal with feminist issues must also address the topics of race, sexuality and class as they can not be viewed or treated as distinctly separate subjects. This approach to intersectionality is the result of Smith’s personal experiences as a black, queer, woman, and her desire to see the feminist movement “free all women: women of color, working-class women, poor women, disabled women, lesbians, old women as well as white economically