Friday, March 12, 2004

The Combahee River Collective Statement

This website is a landmark manifesto from a 1970s Black Feminist organization that declares how they are different in their struggles from White Feminists and Black Men. An important move in the development of "identity politics" because although the Black Feminists recognized both groups as allies in many circumstances, they still were recognizing how their "situations" differed and how they were sometimes "silenced" by these supposed allies. This was an important step in the move away from essentializing statements and classifications:

The Combahee River Collective Statement (excerpts)

1 comment:

lex said...

Hello! Yes. The Combahee River Collective Statement is so important. I actually moderate a blog created in tribute to Kitchen Table Press (www.atthekitchentable.blogspot.com)
and a not for profit publishing site (www.brokenbeautifulpress.blogspot.com)

and i also have been engaged in a visual/poetic dialogic learning process that i'm documenting on (listeningproject.blogspot.com)

keep up the awesome work!
peace,
lex