where would the black feminist movement be if black women were held in the same esteem sexually by white men as say, asian women?
i can agree that, i firmly believe the black feminist movement is a way for primarily sheltered, middle-class black women to manifest their insecurities as being undesired as WOMEN by white men. you become quite cognizant of your race when you realize its the primary reason you are unable to integrate and miscegenate. its like teenage angst, and the black man is who that angst is directed toward
practically every "black feminist" i knew at my school typically went through the following:
1) over-compensating to appease white people
2) realization that this isn't feasible... anger that black dudes would date out
3) cue emotional, reactive stage... realization of melanin content. cue angry facebook/twitter activism. they also go natural at this stage
4) by the law of averages,
comes along, she's
and she can
happily ever after til brad drops the n-bomb.
it goes without sayin that this isn't reflective of all black women, but the subset we harping on is full of it.