Yup, I understand the word and its application. You ARE naive. Goggle COINTELPRO and start there. And your screen name baffles me - you are an “angry Black woman” that has ZEROS analysis of structural racism (the interplay of MULTIPLE SYSTEMS that deny opportunity to people of color and privilege White folk). So, what…

You're naive.

Great and important article! We need more of THIS from Gawker Media! :)

Your Grandma rocks! You must be so proud to be her descendant :).

Hiiiiiiiiiii Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis in the second row!!!!!!

She.

TMZ is the debil.

I'm in. 9 months seems totally doable.

THIS! Thank you! Maybe you can teach a "How to be a White Feminist Ally to Women of Color" webinar for Jezebel, cuz sheesh....

BlackFrancine is definitely right about that but that's about all she is right about. That said, numerous legal battles were waged on behalf of white ethnic immigrants for the right to be seen as legally White and to be afforded all the political and social benefits that came with it.

You want believe that Sojourner Truth - a former slave - was OK with being passed over for the right to participate in our democracy so that White women could get theirs? And that she probably thought it made more strategic sense for White women to gain their freedom and then come back around and fight for Black folks…

The suffragists were "the most progressive humans alive at that time," yet they sold out an ENTIRE community of women (Black women and other women of color) to advance their own self-interests? Bullshit.

They also sold out Black women to achieve the right to vote, soooo.....

They also sold out Black women to achieve the vote, soooo....

I don't see a problem with having a nuanced conversation about feminism, White privilege, intersectionality, and the idea of solidarity. This is about sharpening our collective feminist analysis to be able to better acknowledge history and to be more inclusive of ALL women (including those that are gay and of color).…

THIS!!!!! Thank you.