Change Of Power In Black Women

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I agree with you in regards to your statement that change of power in Black women is really hard to achieve. According to Combahee River Collective Statement, there are no other progressive movement has ever think about prioritizing the oppression that Black women are facing. In addition, they also said that nobody worked seriously to end that oppression. In this case, the Black women are the only one who can end their oppression, but it takes a lot of work for them especially if they do not have anyone to rely on. As what you said, Black feminists are fighting to end both oppression, which is somewhat hard to accomplish. In the Combahee River Collective Statement, they said that they even do not even have minimal access to resources, power

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