The Erasure of BIPOC in Feminism the history, there is a strain . . . When it came down between patriarchy and sisterhood, they chose patriarchy,” Women and Gender studies, Gwendolyn Pough, stated in an NBC News article. Referring to the statistics, Pough pointed out, “Somewhere there was a fail and not all women were in solidarity with that. We had been operating under the guise that there was unity and now we’ve been shown there isn’t so what do you do with that?” Some black women are in the opposition, encouraging other black women to join the march despite this racist history.They believe that it’s important that women of color still attempt to make their voices heard. “How can we allow anyone to speak on the issues of women and not have women of color, particularly black women, involved? We should not allow ourselves to be an agenda item. We need to set the agenda.” Tamika D. Mallory, former executive director of the National Action Network, wrote.
The names “Susan B. Anthony” and “Elizabeth Cady Stanton” have been reiterated time and time again during Women’s History Month in March, and while these women have played a major role in the suffrage movement, their activism is tainted by a long record of racism that people today are increasingly becoming more aware of. This historic exclusion of BIPOC women, especially black women, in feminism continues to have ramifications in the modern world, and this only becomes more prominent when March continues to honor these specific white suffrage activists. One memorable example happened in January 2017, when some black women opted out of participating in the Women’s March on Washington due to this historic (and even current) exclusion.
The conversation around the current neglect towards intersectionality to the criticism soon pivoted back to white feminism
The voting records of white women only serve to fester this distrust, with around 53 percent of white women voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, compared to the 94 percent of black women who voted for Hillary Clinton. This lack of acknowledgment towards women of color rights and experiences has made many people “skeptical of efforts like the Women’s March.” “When you look at 9
