In this weeks reading, Queer Aztlan by Cherrie Morage, she mentions the racism she experienced in the women’s movement. I was really glad that she mentioned that because i think its something that is rarely brought up. We see a glimpse of the racism of the women’s movement in the film Iron Jawed Angels, but we hardly talk about the discrimination that goes on/went on. In the article Trouble with White Feminism by Jessie Daniels, it talks about how WOC are often silenced in the women’s movements. Although there are plenty of evidence of feminist writing from WOC, black, latina and indigenous women the voices we often hear most are that of white women, such as in the suffrage movement the narrative we hear most from is that of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton who are considered to be “quintessential feminists.” What i really like about this article is that it calls out racism in the women’s movements, when i took women’s studies we learned about how racist the women in the suffragette movement were. This article mentions that white women could not bare for black men to have the vote before them because they felt they were superior. Stanton herself was not shy of voicing her opinion that they deserved the vote before black men. Now that i know how racist they were i do not consider these women idols or anyone that i look up too. I think its important to teach this in class so that people really know who these women were. Even in the newer movements racism is still a part of it. I see it everyday on blogs i follow. For example neglecting certain women, for example with immigration, i 100% believe that immigration is a feminist issue and it is often neglected by white feminist.

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