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Is there racism in the feminist movement against non-white women doing anti-violence work?


What are your thoughts on this?

I've never seen or heard of any such thing.

Yes, there is what I'd call racism in the attitudes of some western feminists to women's rights campaigners in the muslim world. Western feminism is part of the greater PC movement with it's cultural relativism. It's rare to find a western feminist who will criticise muslim cultures outright for their mistreatment of women. Instead they prefer to put women's rights in a cultural context and claim that non-muslim women don't require the same protection from violence as white women because in some muslim cultures violence against women is culturally acceptable. It's the kind of cultural relativism that can be used to excuse genital mutilation.

No the racism is in GWS classes and the white supremacist white females. Here is a copy of a recent question with link for your review.

Are GWS Classes Teaching Racism?
In an open letter to her organization, The National Women's Studies Association President, Beverly Guy-Sheftall states,"NWSA makes active and ongoing efforts to dismantle racism and white supremacy in its structure and programs. To be sure, this work is difficult and ongoing, and we don鈥檛 pretend that NWSA always practices what it preaches. We also recognize that women鈥檚 studies as a field continues to engage in struggles around racism and white supremacy in a variety of ways. I believe that NWSA can provide leadership as we continue to engage in difficult dialogs around difference.

Are white feminist actually white supremacist as alleged?

http://www.nwsa.org/about/sheftall.php

Women from black and minority ethnic groups are doing vital, innovative work in the 'violence against women sphere'
Can some feminists be racists? Yes. Criticism of 60's/70's western 2nd wave feminism is that it failed to consider issues of race, sexuality or indeed, class effectively. However, this is a criticism most feminists have taken on board and try to move the diversity agenda forward, in juxtaposition with anti-discriminatory/anti-oppressive policies and practice.

There is a very Eurocentric view to Feminism. While White women were whining in the '50s about working outside the home, Black women were probably laughing because they had already been working outside the home for decades!

It seems that it's only recently (for about the last 15 years) that American feminists have really gotten into the issues that women from other countries have to deal with.

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