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Is White Feminism Racism?
There is an abundance of feminists championing the rights of women. However, not all rights are considered equal. There are women fighting for equal pay, representation, healthcare/abortion rights. While some women are trying to include all female voices, this is not the case with the white feminist.
What is a White Feminist?
“Let’s focus on getting equal pay for women and then we’ll work on getting more representation for you in this field?” The you in this case is usually a minority and the women is usually white women.
They, knowingly or not, consider themselves to be the default. As such, they will push for the rights of women and, if white women are given those rights they consider it a win even if those same rights are denied to minority females. Quite simply, white feminists fight for white women and there are many instances of it displayed, especially on social media.
Yandy and White Feminism
Like white privilege/supremacy isn’t just the blatant racial slurs against minorities but the unconscious biases that are continually displayed by white people, similarly white feminists show those same unconscious biases and push an…
