Combahee River Collective Statement Analysis

After reading this article “The Combahee River Collective Statement” I grab numerous information not just on black feminist but colored woman as well. Editor Zillah Eisenstein notes that the Collective does “Black women's extremely negative relationship to the American political system (a system of white male rule) has always been determined by our membership in two oppressed racial and sexual castes.” (Eisenstein,1). Black female body, and how the dehumanization of the black body impacts black people especially women. Black feminists focus on sexual identity and racial identity to educate black and other woman on political struggle issues. Noted from Zillah Eisenstein, “Many of us were active in those movements (Civil Rights, Black nationalism, the Black Panthers), and all of our lives were greatly affected and changed by their ideologies, their goals, and the tactics used to achieve their goals.” (Eisenstein,2). By examining some notable works by “The Combahee River Collective Statement”, this paper will discuss why “Feminist Theory, the Body, and the Disabled Figure is important. …show more content…
Help contribute to feminism by decrease stereotype on color woman and disabled people. How I can see the community embrace or acknowledge the disabled community around me is that believe everyone is the same. I was raise in a nursing home that took care of elderly and disabled people, I raise to never judge a book by its cover. I can see this happening by decreasing stereotype, communication is the key to success instead of judging a book by its cover. Away that I can shows that I can be a part of activism by working in the community by joining more organization such as, color women by educating other color woman, and giving courage to disable people showing that we all the same but in different