Why should Women of colour or girls of colour be feminists? Seriously, why?
I'm a very proud black girl but I'll be honest, dislike feminism."feminism is the belief of equal rights between men and women"? No. Most feminists I know are white females. From what I've seen this feminism has only benefitted western society the most. They complain about things do not make sense or are completely unreasonable.
My God, I could almost puke if i hear "patriarchy" or "wage gap" from peers again!
Everyone says " third wave feminism is bad but first and second wave feminism is real feminism". As a British society it seems we all love to praise the suffragettes. We even had an whole ass assembly in my school where this WHITE WOMAN,mind, was drooling over them, telling us how we should be grateful for them.
I'll say it here. Feminism has NOT benefitted WOC or GOC. Its been obvious right from the get-go. Do we really think the suffragettes were thinking about WOC when they were chaining themselves onto gates, starving themselves and throwing themselves under horses? No! Only their fellow white peers. You can't even say its because there was no ethic people to begin with. This wasn't the bloody Tudor times, this was the 1800s to 1900s.Of course there were Asain, Arabic and Black people! The suffragettes in Britain were more discreet about this racism but in America their own suffragettes were obvious outright racists actively fighting for the oppression of WOC and the elevation of their own. Why should I belong to group that never wanted me? Or in today's age, never even acknowledged their messed up history? Why does the media even push the narrative if they generally are so progressive?
YOU CANT FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AGAINST A MAN WHEN YOUR FEMALE PEER DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS YOU.
I facepalm when white women go on their whining spree when they're respected more in this society than I could ever dream!
Second wave feminism was better, but what really helped WOC wasn't even feminism but the Civil Rights Movement which is greatly associated with Martin Luther King Jr. If a black man wasn't able to vote how the hell would second wave feminism help a BLACK WOMAN. Though I'd admit King had some sexist views of a woman's role in society, the whole idea of a woman's role only being in the household. In fact the whole movement had some sexist narratives and ideas. It really goes to show that WOC can't win, how we weren't truly respected in either movements. Sad.
Current feminism today had just created trash over these years. Its been memed a lot and is an absolute joke.
I do believe in equal rights between man and woman, but like I said before I can't identify as a feminist. Feminism should turn towards a feminism that isn't selfish. I mean c'mon we have feminists here complaining about some dumb s**t (remember man spreading or mansplaing? Remember the bloody WAGE GAP? How about rape culture?). Meanwhile halfway across the world women can't even sit in a desk in school or/and are forced into marriage. Where rape culture ACTUALLY exists! These women,who I think are actually going through discrimination, generally can't identify with the movement either
Its crazy. Most of my friends expect me to be a feminist just because I'm a girl. When I explained to some of them why I'm not, they seemed shocked really. Probably because they're white and they think they'll look racist if they object, which of course is ridiculous, but still funny!
Really I'm here to just find counter arguments and to present my perspective. No one looks at race in these "progressive" movements which to me is a very important issue. My race has affected more of my experiences in life than my gender has ever done. This wouldn't apply to every WOC and GOC but the ones I know and spend time with, they seem to share the same experience.
I only am "picking" on Feminism as it seem to express that EVERYONE is welcome and is able to be a feminist. Lmao to hell with those LIES!!
We see this again in,for example, the Democratic Party in America. They portray themselves as progressive when not long back they were the active racists. And yet you barely hear about it.They try to hide it and have NEVER owned up to it.
I'm really sorry if this is long and has errors, this was just a spontaneous waking-up-using-my-phone-first-thing
kind of thing. But, this has just been on my mind for a while.
Also on a cheerier note, happy new year Lads and Laddies!! What a weird start to 2k19! God bless!