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Originally Posted by Kobi
Fredrick Douglass who (supposedly) fought for the end of slavery for blacks AND WOMEN alongside the likes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony. But when push came to shove, he was more than happy to turn his back on women so black MEN could have the right to vote while all women had to wait their turn - that turn came 50 years later.
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White, otherwise unoppressed, women got the vote. Women of color waited decades.
Feminism without considering intersectionality only focuses on problems which occur for white, straight, upper/middle class, binary conforming women.
Problems unique to lower class women, lesbians, women of color, non binary persons, etc., aren't addressed or even considered without a commitment to intersectionality and the distinct issues inherent there.
In order to at least give a nod to the topic of this thread, it makes me smile to see how important I think intersectionality is to feminism.