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In reply to the discussion: Black women are tired of explaining to white women why they should care about everyone's interest [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)35. Calling out people in certain groups for their behavior is not "group denunciation"
And while there are extremists among Republican women (and a tiny percentage are black but so tiny, they're not even worth mentioning except as a deflection ala #itsnotonlywhitewomen), I'm not talking about them because they aren't the ones who insist they're on my side and I don't waste my time trying to explain any of this to them because they're a lost cause and not worth my effort.
I'm talking to the women who believe and claim they're allies because they vote Democratic, but don't lift a finger to help ensure that black and brown people are also empowered. Their regard of and disinterest in those voters and their rights is coming back to bite them, it has many times in the past.
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Black women are tired of explaining to white women why they should care about everyone's interest [View all]
EffieBlack
May 2019
OP
They will do so only when they confront, wrestle with and dismantle their own inherent racism, which
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#1
If the OP isn't about you, it isn't about you. But there is definitely a problem with white women.
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#4
If you read my post, you will see that I didn't lump all white women together
EffieBlack
May 2019
#5
Moving to Biden should not be tied in with selfish, narrows just me thinking or an exercise in
emmaverybo
May 2019
#60
If you hadn't stopped reading, you probably wouldn't have asked such a ridiculous question
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#20
Getting what should be natural organizing groups to recognize it isn't only "nice" to do, but in
hlthe2b
May 2019
#29
What would you say is the best way to call attention to the fact that these alliances need to be
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#32
After the ugly splintering among the organizers for the Women's March, I've thought about this...
hlthe2b
May 2019
#34
Blaming the OTHER is what the RW does. It is beneath us. Ugly and ultimately ineffective.
hlthe2b
May 2019
#39
Asking for constructive solutions to working across differences and toward common goals is hardly
hlthe2b
May 2019
#53
You could not be more wrong. Your assumptions only show you know nothing about me.
hlthe2b
May 2019
#58
Calling out people in certain groups for their behavior is not "group denunciation"
EffieBlack
May 2019
#35
wow, way to totally discount/ignore my entire post. Just blast away at all of the "other"
hlthe2b
May 2019
#38
I didn't put words in your mouth. I'm responding to exactly what you're saying
EffieBlack
May 2019
#45
This sort of thing would likely inspire more voter turnout among women, especially black women
IronLionZion
May 2019
#44
A lot of women don't see most anti-abortion efforts as a problem because they think it
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#51
I don't blame black women at all. I'd be tired too havin to keep explaining to white women
InAbLuEsTaTe
May 2019
#55
If you're among "these women" who "fully understand," my OP wasn't about you
EffieBlack
May 2019
#64