More recently those of us who've gotten advanced degrees, we can do this through books and through journal articles and through scholarship. It's been through ways that have been considered just folk culture and been dismissed by the general culture. I can talk about the ways that black women historically have done that through poetry, through music. On Black Women Finding And Using Their Voice To contribute to our efforts, make your donation online, or contact our Membership department. KGOU and Race Matters rely on voluntary contributions from readers and listeners to further the mission of public service with internationally focused reporting for Oklahoma and beyond. Race Matters is a co-production of World Literature Today and KGOU. Collins' work focuses primarily on feminism and gender within the African-American community and the complexities of the intersections of those issues with race and class. I had to be really careful and get tenure before I wrote that book.”ĭr. Because I thought that if she had an analysis that in which she could position her experiences, that would have helped her with the struggles that she had in her life,” Collins says. “The specific purpose was to write the book that I wish my mother had been able to read. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins
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