It is not enough for black girls to just learn womanhood, they must be prepared to face a whole set of challenges that come with the color of their skin. It is more likely for Black women, as members of an oppressed group, to have critical knowledge into the condition of their oppression than it is for those who live outside those structures. While U.S. Black women’s experiences resemble others, such experiences remain unique. The importance of Black women’s leadership in producing Black feminist thought does not mean that others cannot participate. It does mean that the primary responsibility for defining one’s own reality lies with the people who live that reality, who actually have those
It is not enough for black girls to just learn womanhood, they must be prepared to face a whole set of challenges that come with the color of their skin. It is more likely for Black women, as members of an oppressed group, to have critical knowledge into the condition of their oppression than it is for those who live outside those structures. While U.S. Black women’s experiences resemble others, such experiences remain unique. The importance of Black women’s leadership in producing Black feminist thought does not mean that others cannot participate. It does mean that the primary responsibility for defining one’s own reality lies with the people who live that reality, who actually have those