From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism by Patricia Hill Collins

Author:Patricia Hill Collins [Collins, Patricia Hill]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Social Science, General, Ethnic Studies, American, African American & Black Studies, Women's Studies
ISBN: 9781592137909
Google: 9rIqkIqCeAAC
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2006-01-19T21:02:51+00:00

In the face of persistent racial segregation, substantive structural change for African American women can occur only by revitalizing traditions of Black women's community work in a context that is cognizant of the mass-media environment that affects young Black women and girls. African American women political activists in the border zone of Black nationalist feminism/Black feminist nationalism have not yet found a way to infuse this global feminist nationalist sensibility into a revitalized Black women's collective identity politics that in turn might catalyze effective political responses to the new racism.

When it comes to Black women's political resistance, where you stand, what you can see from that vantage point, and what you stand for matter greatly. Versions of the political put forward by any group can offer only a partial perspective on definitions of feminism, nationalism, or any form of Black women's politics. No matter how significant any view may be, elevating one version of women's political activism over other forms and declaring it to be the “best” or most “authentic” approach redefines a partial perspective as a universal truth. More complex conceptualizations of political activism that combine ideas about individualism, personal dignity, and citizenship rights with conceptions of social justice that take into account group-based, historically specific experiences require new models of doing intellectual and political work. In this sense, Fannie Lou Hamer's ideas of social justice for the group; the connections among struggles against multiple, intersecting oppressions; and the significance of empowering individual women and men in the context of their everyday lives provides a beacon for such an analysis. Mrs. Hamer insisted on working for social justice for all people who were disenfranchised. As she once observed, “Whether you have a Ph.D., D.D., or no D., we're in this bag together.”117

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