Black Folk Don't: Do Feminism

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2013
  • There have been many conversations about the definition of feminism and who falls neatly (or not so neatly) within that definition. From Shirley Chisholm to Audre Lorde, this episode gets into it all so watch and let us know what you think. Tune in to new episodes every Monday, and share your thoughts with @blackfolkdont on Twitter. A special presentation of BlackPublicMedia.org, directed by Angela Tucker, and supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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  • @DeBoraMRicks
    @DeBoraMRicks 10 років тому +11

    Awesome! Very intelligent and thoughtful discourse.

  • @randomuser1105
    @randomuser1105 8 років тому +4

    This black woman definitely does feminism.

  • @ortem000
    @ortem000 10 років тому +1

    This series is fantastic. Kudos and MORE please!

  • @JenaiHsheisnotofthisworld
    @JenaiHsheisnotofthisworld 10 років тому +2

    This was a very thoughtful and insightful conversation. I am very thankful that this was made. I want there to be more conversations like this in the black community.

  • @kamala80
    @kamala80 10 років тому +5

    My favorite webseries!!!

  • @LexiconDST
    @LexiconDST 10 років тому +5

    Did folks actually watch the video? Who's talking about fighting each other? This struggle for equity is not either/or. It's _and_.

  • @TheAmberbutterfly
    @TheAmberbutterfly 8 років тому +1

    We don't lol, as a black woman I didn't know what feminist were until high school. My mother, grandmother, and aunts did not teach me the feminist way. I was taught gender roles, those roles have overlap due to economy. I still plan to cook, nurture, and keep a clean house for my family.

  • @tierraaoki
    @tierraaoki 9 років тому +2

    @blackfolkdont you should do a video on black women who don't look "black enough" or are not accepted in the black community due to hair texture, complexion, or facial features.

    • @Hulkachan
      @Hulkachan 8 років тому

      Tierra Aoki true

  • @Juninzone
    @Juninzone 10 років тому +5

    They really put black power and civil rights in the same category, someone really needs a history lesson. It sounds like black feminism is similar to the civil rights and neither one of these groups haven't gotten black people anywhere. I remember one black women saying black nationalism was one thing they had to fight against and they wonder why feminism is associated with white women even if you add black
    in-front of it. Strong black women didn't come from feminism, they came from black power. For black feminism to be taken seriously would mean that your fight is against the black man, which everyone knows that were not the ones in power, it's the white man. The white women formed her movement so she could get equal opportunities from her race of men, you'll tell me she benefits from white privilege and this is true. Some would say that black women have more privileges than black men, the reason why they say black feminism came from the white women's movement has to do with her playing some part in it for her own benefit. If it wasn't for black nationalism their wouldn't be no Martin Luther King because Malcolm X was the one that influenced him to be a threat to the U.S. government. He was for equality but later down the line he realized that you must be self reliant upon yourself before you integrate with anyone. Black feminism can never lose it's stigma,

  • @appleifc
    @appleifc Рік тому

    Love this!

  • @audreyh6628
    @audreyh6628 7 років тому

    That was great, thank you

  • @steemdup
    @steemdup 8 років тому

    Agreed. There are lots of variables when it comes to what folk believe feminism is.I love this video series - thanks so much!

    • @kmcl11
      @kmcl11 8 років тому +1

      +steemdup no black man is a femisnist unless he is gay.Feminism is the one thing black males rant about.

  • @JFLOProductions
    @JFLOProductions 6 років тому

    It's unfortunate you don't include any lower thirds or credits that identify who your interview subjects are. It would be nice to be able to find their writing or work.

  • @benisturning30
    @benisturning30 7 років тому

    I'm not a feminist and this didn't change that.

  • @RhondaSanDiego
    @RhondaSanDiego 10 років тому

    Powerful.

  • @BloominLotus85
    @BloominLotus85 10 років тому

    Great!

  • @elihenley6982
    @elihenley6982 3 роки тому

    I like that there is a large selection of answers from different people, but just because black women are stronger (which they are) doesn’t mean a patriarchal view of society doesn’t pertain to them. African Americans are definitely socially conservative Christians on a larger scale than most people would admit.

  • @2blakandbold
    @2blakandbold 8 років тому +2

    The problem is most don't understand what feminism is in the first place !
    I Do!
    U don't have to hate men or be very masculine .
    Please deal with sexuality or is that a little to touchy .
    Black Men seem to view it in a derogatory sense in the twenty first century and some of the women i have come across .I have also felt a sense of segregation involving the title feminist and the century old stereotype that it concerns white women only.

  • @Animefreak242
    @Animefreak242 8 років тому

    Yes. All of this. People refuse Tinkerbell about the actual subject and take hearsay as the meaning and live in fear.

  • @LifeOfKells
    @LifeOfKells 8 років тому +1

    Woman @3:04, I had to do a double take, she sounds so much like Janet Jackson!!

  • @donworland
    @donworland 10 років тому

    "Holding it down, on our shoulders...." at the two minute mark or so....I have a feeling I will be quoting her.....and this is never, ever a good thing, this feeling about needing to quote the exemplar.

  • @KiddO384
    @KiddO384 10 років тому +1

    This just shows how blurred the display of feminism is.

  • @shadowsteppah
    @shadowsteppah 10 років тому +2

    1 Question, regarding the woman that said that black men put themselves first in the struggle, now its just a question. How many black women are being innocently killed on the streets of the us versus men?

    • @audreyh6628
      @audreyh6628 7 років тому

      www.urban.org/urban-wire/saying-her-name-confronting-police-violence-against-black-women-and-girls

    • @audreyh6628
      @audreyh6628 7 років тому

      www.dissentmagazine.org/article/beyond-superwoman-justice-for-black-women-too

  • @dmoney5276
    @dmoney5276 10 років тому +1

    Wow really insightful perspectives. I'm glad this series exist. Validated my thoughts on feminism. Glad to see so many black femenist not disregard the black male struggle. This discussion should happen more in real life.

  • @LAETSPITS
    @LAETSPITS 10 років тому +1

    Holding it down at Roscos Chicken and Waffles

  • @trimeldaconcepcionmcdaniel5902
    @trimeldaconcepcionmcdaniel5902 5 років тому

    If you define Feminism as "Do Black women stand up for themselves and try to be smart, tough, well off and stand up for the people, and get respected for it, "then I would say Black People ALL Do Feminism. That's what my mother, grandmother, great grand mother. aunts, cousins, sister, daddy, brother, nephews and nieces all understand as the role of women in our culture. Can't speak to what other groups do.

  • @lyadmilo
    @lyadmilo 8 років тому +2

    k but the girl in the stanford shirt... what the eff is wrong with being a masculine lesbian?

    • @danibethea3425
      @danibethea3425 8 років тому

      +lyadmilo She needs to learn about intersectionality and the history of the feminist movement before and prior to being named.
      Her comment made me shout!

  • @javierjimenez798
    @javierjimenez798 9 років тому

    Look at rack at 45 sec ddd damn

  • @chrys1893
    @chrys1893 7 років тому

    lol i haves friends who has no issues with equality but hated the word feminist so bad.

  • @lolimawinner
    @lolimawinner 10 років тому +9

    You can't create equality through raising up one section of a society.

    • @jcaled24
      @jcaled24 10 років тому +7

      They don't want 'equality', silly. That's just their little code word for wanting special privileges. You'll never hear them advocate for any negative aspects of true equality.

    • @lolimawinner
      @lolimawinner 10 років тому +1

      greengrounds, you sound ignorant.

    • @jcaled24
      @jcaled24 10 років тому

      *****
      You sound racist.

    • @lolimawinner
      @lolimawinner 10 років тому

      LOL, loving the ignorance

    • @lolimawinner
      @lolimawinner 10 років тому

      my op was a true comment. Get out of here bigot. I'm egalitarian, not some biased bigot.

  • @etf42
    @etf42 5 років тому +2

    Every argument for feminism is about:
    1) wanting the same rights as men but not the same responsibilities
    2) equal rights but only when its in their self-interest
    3) fighting for rights that they already have been granted
    4) ignoring the rights women have that men don't
    5) fighting for equal outcome instead of equal opportunity

  • @colers2366
    @colers2366 10 років тому +1

    womenism? really? so, like, feminism without the latin?

  • @naya6593
    @naya6593 5 років тому

    If y’all broads don’t speak for yourself, their problem is not ours period. But some like to go along to get along. But we are waking up to the bullshit the Becky’s had to cancel a march last week because of “lack of diversity”.

  • @CrimsonCorona10
    @CrimsonCorona10 10 років тому

    pointless. Not the video bu the opposition, the problem is has and always been the establishment. The poor and working class whites were always fighting Each other (Much of Europe before and up to the Renaissance, Ireland, etc) and being taken advantage of. When you throw in slavery at large and specifically African Slavery in the Americas, the working class now had something to direct their anger towards. And when in history have women been treated like they should throughout Western Culture?
    good points, good points. And Black guys would wonder why they feel deeply when someone even entertains disrespect for their mothers. solution? for those who make the world and maintain it to manage it, not those who point fingers and sit on high thrones (color race and culture aside)

  • @JackOfAll_Polymaths
    @JackOfAll_Polymaths 6 років тому +1

    There argument could make some* logical sense...except for when they give birth to a black son

  • @2blakandbold
    @2blakandbold 8 років тому

    Even when I assert myself on here regarding my videos I am referred to as a man . i believe it's because so many women are either talking or doing other things on social media. And for me it's aggravating !

  • @kameralkutie5594
    @kameralkutie5594 9 місяців тому

    Please do your research black women. Delta Sigma Theta marched for Women's Rights. I'm a woman first.