Summary Of The Trouble Between US

In the begining, white women did not see how race, class, and gender affected black women. Some black feminist even saw the feminist movement as racist since it often involved only gender issues. The goals of feminists often do not include everyone’s point of view and often lead to internal conflict. During this conflict both sides feel like they were misunderstood and their issues are not as important as others. In The Trouble Between US , Wini Breines expresses this idea by saying their goals “included a color-blind democracy and, for white women who became feminists, a universal sisterhood. But it didn’t happen that way between white and black women. White feminists discovered that their idealism was flawed, that there was trouble between
Betty Friedan relies on the perspective of middle class white women and bell hooks fill in this gap by pointing out more than one class of women exist. Middle class white housewives are not the universal image for American women nor do they have the same problem. During this time those females main goals in life was to only be a housewife and the institutions made sure this was possible. However, hook's point out that some women were worried about changing the system. Friedan’s examples involve bored housewife with spare time and nothing to do with it. These housewives are not satisfied with their life and can not figure out why. Women without a home, kids , or husband were not a factor in Friedan’s examples. Hooks’ point out that some women had to work for a living and did not have the luxury to be a housewife or even work just to put their husband through college. Friedan wants females to be given the same opportunity as men but does not discuss the possible issues with this, such as, who would care for the children or home. Friedan example shows how the white female perspective of privilege is different from the black female perspective without