![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like what you hear? Find more of our programs online. Mikki Kendall talked with us about her critique of the current mainstream feminist movement and how she feels it's not serving the needs and rights of black women. And that the same exclusion of black women that operated in 1920 is still alive and well in feminism today. Her new book is called "Hood Feminism," and it explores how the traditional feminist movement has failed to include the struggles of black women in their fight for equality. And racism within the movement continues to taint the way it represents and supports Black women in this country, says author and activist Mikki Kendall. And for the past hundred years the feminist movement has continued to advocate for the rights of women.īut that movement established its roots during the time of segregation. This summer will mark 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment-the amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote. Issue by issue, it paints a picture of what true intersectional feminism might look like, focusing on serious concerns that have a serious impact on women and. Demonstrators protest on the National Mall in Washington, DC, during the Women's March.ĪNDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Hood Feminism unpacks the problems with a mainstream feminism that centers white women while excluding or even harming many women of color and women who are not middle class or wealthy. ![]()
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