How can we conceptualize the politics of an "antiracist feminism?"?
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Sounds like you just described Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (Senator)
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I'm not an American, and the word 'Liberal' means very different things in many countries. For you it seems roughly synonymous with 'Democrat'. But let's give it a try...\n\nDon't know about Robert Byrd but I do know about David Duke.\n\nLast time I checked Thurgood Marshall was black and Ruth Baker Ginsberg was female. Johnson appointed Marshall and Clinton appointed Ginsberg.\n\nThe Democrats who filibustered in 1964 were all Southern, and at that time the Democratic party was very much a southern institution. I don't think many of those Democratic senators, or the people who voted for and supported them, would have described themselves as 'liberal'. Anyway, the Democrats still voted 153-96 in its favour.\n\nTed Kennedy - no comment.\n\nI bet you would find 'unkind name calling' equally prevalent on both sides. It's not good when either side does it, but there you are.\n\nI wouldn't know the Liberals that you know, and more importantly I wouldn't know the shopping alternatives in the community where you live, but I also think that the Democratic Party's position on 'outsourcing' is a little bit odd. I won't try to justify it here, except to say that I think you'll find a lot of Republicans who also have a similar attitude to outsourcing.\n\nAnyway, Wal-Mart is an American shop; I would bet that their percentage of foreign-made products is similar to that of many other chain stores.\n\nAs far as being pro-choice goes, I think you'll find that allowing women control over their own bodies is quite in keeping with the general Democratic agenda (in my personal opinion, a general humanist agenda). And I would like to imagine that you do not actually believe that the things that you list in that paragraph are not worthy causes, so the comparison does not really bear further consideration.
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Theme Analysis \n\n\nAlice Walker depicts Zora Neale Hurston's work as providing the \nAfrican-American literary community with its prime symbol of "racial health - a sense of black people as complete, complex, undiminished human beings" (190). Appropriately, Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937, provides an enlightening look at the journey of one of these undiminished human beings, Janie Crawford. Janie's story - based on principles of self-exploration, self-empowerment, and self-liberation - details her loss and subsequent attainment of her innocence, as she constantly learns and grows from her difficult experiences with gender issues \nand racism in Their Eyes Were Watching God. \n\nAfter joyfully discovering an archetype for sensuality and love under the pear tree at age sixteen, Janie quickly comes to understand the reality of marriage when she marries Logan Killicks, then Joe Starks. Both men attempt to coerce Janie into submission to them by treating her like a possession: where Killicks works Janie like a mule, Joe objectifies her like a medal around his neck. In addition, Janie learns that passion and love are tied to violence, as Killicks threatens to kill her, and both Joe and Tea Cake beat her to assert their dominance. Yet Janie continually struggles to keep her inner Self intact and strong, remaining resilient in spite of her husbands' \nphysical, verbal, and mental abuse. Janie's resilience is rewarded when she finally meets and marries Tea Cake, who represents the closest semblance to her youthful idealism regarding love and marriage. \nAnother male figure playing prominently in Janie's life is the white man who raped her grandmother; her lineage determines, therefore, that Janie will look whiter than other black women. This fair complexion eventually attracts the ambitious Joe Starks, yet also contributes to Joe's objectification of Janie. Yet, outward appearances aside, Janie's identity takes shape in response to the white male tyranny that made her own birth possible. \n\nFor example, Janie's husband Jody paints his house "a gloaty, sparkly white," (44) humiliates the citizens of Eatonville in similar ways as the white man would, and forces Janie into the slavish servitude reflected by the identity-confining head rag he makes her wear (51). Yet, Janie fights Joe's tyranny by telling him off just before he dies in Chapter Eight, then reclaims her own identity by burning up "every one of her head rags" (85). Similarly, Janie encounters Mrs. Turner, Hurston's symbol of internalized racism, who doesn't "blame de white folks from hating [African-Americans] 'cause Ah can't stand 'em mahself" (135). Again, however, Janie remains true \nto herself as she continues to form her own identity by refusing to leave Tea Cake and class off as Mrs. Turner suggests. \n\nRather than self-destruct under the constant realities of racism and misogyny she receives throughout her life, Janie Crawford does the opposite at the close of Their Eyes Were Watching God. The novel's final image states what Janie does throughout the story - taking her difficult past in and growing stronger and wiser as a result of it. Author Zora Neale Hurston believed that freedom "was something internal….The man himself must make his own emancipation" (189). Likewise, in her defining moment of identity formation, Janie "pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see" (184). At the end of a novel focusing on self-revelation and self-formation, Janie survives with her soul - made resilient by continual struggle - intact.
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If you mean opposing slavery as in "abolitionism," then the links included int he "sources" box should be of some help. Also, you can try google searches on "slavery" and should also be able to find tons of stuff at your local library or from local or online book sellers. Hope this helps.
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Look up the party platforms for each party.  Consider that these are generally accepted.  These are not 100%.  You can and will vary from these.  Traditionally you associate with the one that is closest to the values you hold.  The other group associate with the one which has a history with them.  An example is a person who is Democrat because that is what his parent's were.  He may have no idea what the party stands for.  Another is members of the Black race tended to be Republicans after the Civil War because that was the party which helped make slavery illegal.  Today, that same race tends to associate with Democrats for much the same reason...civil rights issues.  Who knows what will happen in 50 years?\nIn short, check the party platforms.  Not all members of the African American race are Democrats, but that is the trend.  Just goes to show a variance.  You can vary too.  I would have used another race as an example, but my knowledge of other races in American politics is too limited.
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Neoconservatism has nothing to do with racism. It is an aggresive foreign policy that is advocated mostly by Republicans, but also some Democrats.
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There are lots of misconseptions about feminists/femianisim.\nLike you said it is” feminism is: belief in the need to secure, or a commitment to securing, rights and opportunities for women equal to those of men”.\nIt has nothing to do with putting men down it is about women having choices; \nthe choice to stay at home with children or not (yes, feminists can be stay at home mothers), \nthe choice to have children or not (birth control), \nthe choice to vote, \nthe choice of what to do with our bodies (women should be able to say yes or no to sex no matter the circumstances), \nif we chose to work outside the home we should receive equal pay and be just as promotable as anybody else (no glass ceilings), \netc., etc.\n\nWe do not have all of these rights yet so we must continue to fight for equal rights.\n\n\nTo me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently. \nSuzanne Vega \n\n"Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions.. for safety on the streets... for child care, for social welfare...for rape crisis centers, women's refuges, reforms in the law." \n(If someone says) 'Oh, I'm not a feminist,' \n(I ask) 'Why? What's your problem?'" \n- Dale Spender, author of For the Record: The Making & Meaning of Feminist Knowledge, 1985 \n\n"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place."\n—Margaret Mead \n\n\nI myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. \nRebecca West \n\n"We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around." —Geraldine Ferraro (The first woman to be nominated as Vice President of the United States) \n"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she's a feminist or a masochist." —Gloria Steinem \n"Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade." — Constance Baker Motley (First Black Woman in the U.S. to become a Federal Judge)\n\n"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." —Janis Joplin \n\n"The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn." —Gloria Steinem
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I don't think Marxist dealt with crime. He dealt with capitalism and how one group dominated another group. I guess feminist would have men dominating women in their theory. It is true afterall.
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Oh boy. This is a question most intelligent people try to avoid. Not me. And I guess that says something for me.\nHaving grown up and been an active participant in the civil rights demostrations and activities of the 60s, I have observed one very problematic concept that was adopted, early on. Black men and women of that era feel into and adopted the concept of a seperate identity and observance of customs of their original countries. There is nothing wrong with this except in a fight to be absorbed and accepted into American culture it has become impossible for Whites and other races to accept them since any moves to do so will be rejected.\nMany of the injustices done to Black Americans by those who pervert our way of life were, of course, wrong and horrible.\nIf you look at the European style of life and society you see that this hasn't happened, mainly because the injection of those of color in their societies happened over a very long period of time and gradually. We on the other hand forced the issue and moved ahead, perhaps, too fast.\nNow, something worse has happened. White Americans are adopting the culture of African Americans in a big way which makes the problem worse because they are recognizing the differences.\nThere is no easy answer and I am glad you didn't ask how we can fix it because, I have no answer to that question.
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Oh, thank you. I'm so glad this ticks other people off, too. I'd like to smack the next person I hear use the term "reverse racism". Racism is racism regardless of the color of the person experiencing discrimination. And I believe that white people are really getting the short end of the stick. \n\n(I don't appriciate the term Caucasian - it means white people from the Meditterranian - with dark hair and eyes, an olive complection and oval eyes - but whites are all grouped together, and since "black" isn't PC, then they don't want to say "white", and you can't say European, because not all whites are from Europe.)\n\nWhen I went to college, I had a 3.8 GPA, I was in clubs and activities (even founded my school's debate club), I volunteered in community service, and had been a foreign exchange student. My mother was a widow with two younger children still in the home, and an income under $20,000 a year. And I wasn't eligable for anything. A few thousand dollars for educational grants, a dozen $50-$500 scholarships that I had spent a whole year applying for with every group I could find. (I worked in the Financial Aid office, I had govt. loans - bbut we're taking scholarships and grants now.) It was a drop in the bucket of a $17,000/year tuition. \n\nI think it comes from the racist belief that all white people are rich. \n\nEver since I started taking the PSATs in 9th grade, there have been boxes to check off. If you're even 1/8 Black, Hispanic, Native American or anything else they'll send you forms to get scholarships. There are "black" collages, latino fraternities, scholarships based on races other than white.\n\nThen you get older and you start checking "decline" on job application race questions, because companies that have government regulations imposed on them will hire a slightly inferior "minority" before a fully qualified white.\n\nThen it goes higher up. The state of Illinois just got pressured into awarding billions of dollars to just a handful of communities because their elected representatives bound together on race lines. The long-debated budget was up for a final vote, when the hispanic representatives stood up and announced that, unless the money was given to those couple of neighborhoods (who's officials were hispanic), then ALL of the hispanic representitives would withhold their votes, and the budget (which didn't include those billions of dollars) wouldn't pass.\n\nWhites could never do that. We'd be torn to threads. The public wouldn't stand for any of it. The politicians would be ousted. Just like a college claiming to be "white" would be forced to admit minorities, as would white fraternities. And could you imagine a white pride day? Or a European Day parade?\n\nBut if this racism continues, and I ever become rich, I plan to start the United White College Fund. Look for us in 20 years and make a donation.
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What is she?\n\nNFL opposition?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism\n;;\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage
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There aren't any true feminist that I've seen because, as I've stated before, the feminist movement taught women to demand rights and privileges that they felt they didn't have, but it didn't teach them that responsibilities come with them as part of the package. So women still expect men to take up those responsibilities for the most part, and expect to have everything they used to have and get from men from before.\n\nHow can feminism be obsolete when it never truly ever existed?
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Civil Rights: racism, desegregation, inequality, civil-disobedience, courage.\n\nWomen's movement:  feminism, equality, sexism, empowerment, businesswoman.\n\nCounter culture:  hippie, free-love, self-expression, radicalism, anti-establishment.
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This might be slightly diffrent than that you're thinking of, but you could do a report like "Justice Alito & Women's Rights".  There have been some more radical people who claim that the new Justice is bad for women's rights.  You could present an unbiased report on his record in this area, and maybe bring in some opposing view points from around your city for a roundtable.
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she was an anthropoligist.\nshe was involved in the "back to africa movement" because she wanted to distinguish herself from other black activists who were involved in communism.\nher grave was unmarked until feminist Alice Walker decided to do something about it.\nshe grew up in the first american all black neighborhood (eatonville florida).\nduring the "red scare" she supported the president.\nwell, it's not ten things but it's a start
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Internalized Oppression\n\nExternal oppression is the unjust exercise of authority and power by one group over another. \nIt includes imposing one group's belief system, values and life ways over another group.\n\nExternal oppression becomes internalized oppression when we come to believe and act as if the oppressor's beliefs system, values, and life way is reality.\n\n"Self-hate" and "internalized racism" are other ways of saying internalized oppression.\n\nThe result of internalized oppression is shame and the disowning of our individual and cultural reality. \nWithout internalized oppression, we would not now have previously unseen levels of violence, especially against women and children.\n\nDrunkenness, disrespect for God, fighting, cussing and disrespect for women were "foreign" behaviors modeled by the Cavalry, and eventually worked their way into our communities through internalized oppression.\n\nInternalized oppression means the oppressor doesn't have to exert any more pressure, because we now do it to ourselves and each other. Divide and conquer works.\n\nWe resist internalized oppression by relearning how to live respectfully and harmoniously together -- WITHOUT VIOLENCE.