i think the issue is, as Baker points out, there's a very real fear of force and sexual assault between the police and women. as a woman of color i am very intimidated when i pass the cops. (there's a joke to be made here i'm sure)

i agree with you in theory but if someone tells me they're looking for a male rapist and then proceeds to tap my ass...we have a problem.

i noticed that, too, but she's just speaking honestly and her larger point is still conveyed.

"dudes do not have female friends that they wouldn't bang. " — i've heard this a lot from guys...after we ended the friendship and started having sex.

omg, church.

having bedded most of my male friends, i am not a good example of this. but it does sound lovely! and, to be fair, the sex would happen after nearly a decade of friendship.

who's talking about douglass? i'd call him and many other notable black leaders sexist but that wasn't part of the discussion. and your comment makes little sense: you don't want to label stanton a racist because she knew congress wouldn't buy anything with black people? more importantly, there are great people WHO…

i agree. that baby was spittin' some serious shade.....or he was spitting.

thoughts? well you say you know you're super wrong so...yeah you're super fucking uber-wrong. "Part of the impulse is that the hair has texture and I'm curious about what that texture feels like. " — and your curiosity entitles you to do whatever you please — privilege confirmed.

ahh yes that's what it was!

yeah, when i saw his name on there i furrowed my brow. he did something on race that i didn't like. what was it, lol?

ok so see Words of Fire - it takes all the the moments that the article is talking about and puts them in context as far as how black women were dealing with this issue and see The Black Feminist Reader. Enjoy :)

werd.

evidence of the complex issue of race and feminism. i had always loved steinem...until 2008 when she explicitly said that black people had enough (citing that black men could vote before women could) and it was time for a woman re: the presidential campaign. fyi, i was actually a pro-hilary voter until she dropped…

yes it is in line with the tone. but, so what. the same snarky tone can be used to describe the real racism from then and alive and present now in feminist acts and discourse.

in theory there's nothing wrong with confusing people in your own mind. it's the "you all look alike to me and i'm not going to bother to differentiate and learn because i don't have to" that's a problem and has real effects. as a young black girl at an all-white school i was constantly called another black person's…

true. just dont reach out and touch it.

i love your response! i have books in mind, but i will pass your question onto my friend who has a phd in black womens history. mine's in literature so i will tell you to read uses of the erotic by audre lorde, a 3rd wave black feminist.

where's a "like" button when you need one? ...and, no disrespect to ISpeakJive, but occasionally when I read or hear sentiments like that, i can't help but sense a little exoticizing going on. if you have randomly touched a black person's head, unsolicited, then i'm correct.

i don't know if i'd go so far as to characterize Lindy like that. But this post does reveal a typical blind spot when discussing "feminism."