Analysis Of In Soul Ice By Shirley Chisholm

In Shirley Chisholm’s powerful speech about women’s rights, The 51% Minority she declares that American is “both racist and antifeminist” (par 3). Chisholm examines how “daring” it is for women to speak up for themselves in politics and how more women should not fear being ostracized for fighting for what is right (par 4). Chisholm mentions many issues with women in terms of inequality in this speech, such as the fact that even white women are paid less than black men, which in this racist society of 1966, was an appalling realization. Consequently, black women were paid even less than white women (par 10). Chisholm discusses this when referencing Eldridge Cleaver’s work In Soul Ice where he relates white women to being “ultra-feminine”, but black women to “sub-feminine”, only capable of household chores (par 6). …show more content…
Chisholm in this film is portrayed as a champion of education and women’s rights, similar to most of the other powerful females referenced in this film. Chisholm declares that she has always felt more discriminated against as a woman, than as an African American (“The Rhetoric of Women In Politics”). These women of all colors had much in common, but most importantly the strong belief that women had the right to criticize, the right to protest, and the right to independent thought (“The Rhetoric of Women In Politics”). Another powerful female in politics, mentioned in The African American Odyssey was Hilary Rodham Clinton, wife to former President Bill