Angela Davis Feminism

Introduction: The United States has observed an era of progressive activism for women. But, feminism is by its nature a complex notion and one can’t fully appreciate its effectiveness forgetting the aspect of ethnic discriminations in the country (Collin, p.p 47). Race matters exist in diverse places and at unusual times under extensively unreliable circumstances. It is different from white feminism as they have managed to attain their own freedom in a different way. This was because Black women were hardly seen as an active figure in such movements over the history. Currently, the issues of black feminism are hardly discussed at any forum. One must agree with the fact that black women have now managed to get significant positions in many …show more content…
Let me tell express about most influential black women alive on the planet. Her name is Angela Davis. Angela Davis is the socialist and former member of communist party. She is famous for addressing issues like women and civil rights, poverty, inequality, peace, health care and prison reforms. Angela Davies’s struggle was started from very young age. After appearing in the public eye in 1970, the woman has taken some exemplary steps for representing the African-American women and played a substantial role in political and social reforms in American society. After being accused of murder during escape incident of Soldad brothers, she became a powerful representative of the civil right movement. FBI placed her name in the ‘Ten Most Wanted List’ (Davis, p.p 98). Davis spent a whole year in prison. A massive movement of ‘Free Angela’ was started in the region and several music composers dedicated songs for her. As a result, she was declared free of all the charges in the trial. Davis attended numerous civil-tight movements and activities in the Birmingham. But, her actual ideas for radical and political change were developed when she got the exposure to the students of African colonies. She had been a successful professor and was also fired from the job because of her political activism but soon was restrained after a protest of students. Davis is never shy of her curly and bouncy hair. She wears the …show more content…
It means that we discourage the black women from following the trends demonstrated and set by white feminism. There has to be no race among races. The black women are unique in a number of parameters. They can look equally desirable and succeed as much as white women do. One should never bother they way people thing about the black women. Moreover, the black models should also have to go for their own unique styles. The purpose of the movement is to crush the existing stereotype about the black women. Media considers the black women to be bitter, arrogant, obese, and physically strong yet vulnerable to the domestic violence. The movement intends to work out a way of living for the women which are the natural way. The natural way encourages the black women to be expressive. Rather glamorising and altering the natural beauty, the black women have to show their real attractiveness. The black feminism has to be revived which is not just about the being treated justly and the productive rights but the demonstration of the natural strengths along with the unique skill set. The movement is about the awareness of the fact that presentation of the ugly, obese, and vulnerable black women on the media is so not the full face of the black women. There is a lot more that is has to be presented. For this movement, they can have their own protocol and medium of expressions like press, media, and institutions supporting black