tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744114065733119575.post73337520207978973..comments2024-03-13T11:14:26.768-04:00Comments on A Radical Profeminist: On White Privilege: Marilyn Frye, from "The Politics of Reality"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6744114065733119575.post-3055923622957750522009-09-30T06:23:30.188-04:002009-09-30T06:23:30.188-04:00One of the biggest tragedies we women face is our ...One of the biggest tragedies we women face is our inability to stand together. There is always something keeping us apart. Racism is certainly one of them. I don’t think racism has ever not caused a division within feminism. <br />Sometimes I get the feeling we are so busy fighting each other that we totally forget who our real enemy is.<br /><br />White hetro males who have all the power and privilege have placed some privileges on white women. Unfortunately, this has lead to a lot of white women believing they are better then women of colour. These white women become reluctant to radically oppose white male supremacy for fear of losing the privileges that they have been given. <br /><br />What these white women fail to appreciate is that if they did oppose white male supremacy and stand united with women of colour they would not lose the privileges but gain far more.<br /><br />Also, we women of colour are far from innocent. The fact that white males have given white women some privileges and us none has made us angry and resentful.<br />This has caused us to strike out at white women and to view everything they do with suspicion.<br /><br />As women of colour we need to start to appreciate that even though white women were given privileges that we were not, they have still very much been oppressed.<br />They may not have been slaves in the same sense that we were, but they were considered property that was owned first by their fathers and then by their husbands. <br /><br />As feminists we need to stop fighting among ourselves and start concentrating on our real enemy. <br /><br />Personally I see no problem with a feminist group that only consists of white women or women of colour as long as their aim is to destroy white male supremacy and drastically improve the situation of ALL women.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03409494179906849654noreply@blogger.com