White Privilege In Feminist Movements

I agree with you on that white privilege is also shown in feminist movements: all the frontline advocates are white females. Feminist movement concurred with the civil rights movements in which black males sought equality with white males. Under the oppression of both racism and sexism, female with color hardly had chance to stand out and expressed their opinions. In addition, reformist feminists, usually white, materially rich female, actively suppress poor women, especially women with color, to demonstrate their power because they cannot and do not want to change the existing privilege system.

However, I have a different understanding about the abortion sector. I think the author is trying to present a third view of feminist idea—the lifestyle