Yes and Jeff bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will be laughing all the way to the bank while you play on your phone in a dark room because the people outside are too racist.
@Roy G Biv I know right! You'd think America would have solved 99% of the issues she speaks about by now, but apparently not. So, yes she's had a FULL TIME JOB for that long...as do the rest of us black sistas who agree with her. Like trying to empty the ocean with a bucket.
@@justindc5362 they are def racist but def there were great women doing work! america as a settler state prevented early feminism from being 100% inclusive.
@@justindc5362 some white women supporter the abolision of slavery. The "leaders" of the feminist movement however. Did not want black women to have the same rights as the same rights as them.
Still cannot understand WHY ANGELA DAVIS got in with that Obama ish. In this speech she could critique Hillary Clinton, yet not one word about Barack Obamaism. #obamaism #angeladavis
gays & lesbians & feminists, its up to them... just dont go overboard the tolerance of the majority of people who act according to their human bodies ... americans defined china people vietnam commies as the yellow menace... it doesnt matter... its up to them... what matters is no foreign colonialists in the lands...
idk who said this, but it reminded me of this one thing i saw where black women and poor women felt really out of place in second wave feminism, where affluent white women were enjoying their newly granted privileges to work, bc woc and poor women have had to work for a long time in order to fend for themselves. for them working wasn't a privilege but a necessity
EXACTLY. We shouldnt be trying to elevate women to the top of hierarchies, we should be abolishing those hierarchies. A woman CEO doesn't cancel out the oppression or the issues faced by women at the bottom of the ladder. Its just capitalism masking itself as progressive.
How do you propose to eliminate hierarchies in universities, the police or the military? You can't. Even the Worker Co-op so loved by Socialists, Mondragon, has hierarchies, lots of them. If you discriminate, you will make a hierarchy. It is impossible not to discriminate at some point. Try it.
@Grim Reefer... It was not sad at all to me be refreshingly cogent and poignant... I loved how she broke down the systematic hand of White Supremacy in Feminist rhetoric and agendas...
Roy G Biv - follow-up on the first half of your statement. The second half of your statement is designed to get you out of following-up on the first half. You can pass, that’s fine. But don’t think your rhetorical trick of ‘I pass because you’re dense’ was believed at all.
That is what she wants watch and educate yourself Watch "Cuba 1958: Myths and Lies" on RU-vid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HnYtygF3HuA.html
I think I'm guilty of this bourgeois feminism she is talking about in my late teens, I didn't reach clarity about feminism and definitely about race and intersectionality until my mid-twenties when I moved countries to go to college (I'm Mediterrenean, small island). I'm commenting to help with the algorithm
@Roy G Biv Not sure what you mean, but I think it's good practice to recognise when you've been wrong in the past; it reminds you that there's a good chance you might not have things correct now and therefore you should always strive to learn and listen more.
Alfredo Alcantar she’s an author & activist who fights for the liberation of marginalize. Google. Do the work to find out her achievements. Armchair name calling is lazy and infantile. But replying to such is just as futile. Achieve even a smidgen of her canon and let’s talk.
How are you even relevant here, bro? ( I understand you are trolling and in your next comment you will verbally abuse me)- this is NOT the place to do such immature thing. Maybe search for some Indian news channel (hint*Republic TV*hint) and do these shenanigans, your vibe will match 😂🤣
Agreed, many fashion models, rich celebrities think they deserve to be representatives of feminism! Where as they never suffered like most women around the world!
@@Homeside301 true, but still Emma Watson don't deserve where she is right as a representative of feminism, she is not an intellectual nor an academic! Being actress does not make you entitled to anything! Moreover it's not about "wearing struggle" but being aware of what you wear and where does that come from...
If the goal is to get rid of hierarchies, why are we legitimizing them by trying to put privileged white women into more privileged positions? Shouldn't we be getting rid of those positions altogether?????
I think it’s because modern feminism in North America is this weird 4th/5th wave movement perpetuated by middle class, 20-35 year old white women. They see themselves as eternal victims of patriarchy, despite working white collar jobs in tech or the culture industry, and they very rarely interact with anyone outside their class. When they travel, they go to western Europe or East Asia, they have really no exposure to anyone outside their little bubble. And their parents perpetuate this inner monologue as well.
Oh, geez. A lot of women never fit into feminism because much of it is stupid. Where are all the feminists stopping biological.men in women's sports, eh? It's not women's sports anymore when you allow cheating by allowing narcissist men in it. Marxism is evil. Capitalism is still better than socialism.
Good then,go back to where you came from,me a minority,worked my way thru the sweat,tears and opportunity s that this country provideds like no other,now stop with the poor me syndrome
She's brilliant, though I'm unconvinced that the audience understand her clarity... still, I'm glad that her liberty can travel into their thoughts. "...we must be prepared to continually challenge that which appears to us to be most normal..." "I'm not a feminist; I'm a Black-Revolutionary...!"
@ksts45Ⓐ I agree with Turtle P., but can't speak for them. The way I see it though, it sounds like "oh I'm smart enough to understand it, but they're not", while presumably not having any idea who the audience are. I've done this myself a lot in my life, and still do; used to be measured as a "smart" kid in school, so a big portion of my life is now being spent unlearning that internalized elitism, that which appears to me to be most normal.
@ksts45Ⓐ Yeah, I agree with you that people have varying mental capabilities. This didn't so much acknowledge that fact as assume the audience's intelligence in relation to their own, which feels unnecessarily presumptuous and hierarchical.
There was an episode of "a Different World" that aired in the late 80s/early 90s where they addressed this issue....They stated that "feminism" and "the women's movement" were two different things....and they went on to mention that black women already had to work outside the home so the "feminist" movement did little more than paying lip service to the black woman....deep....
@@peacheskong2245 a lot of black women (including myself) will identify as “womanists” because they feel as though mainstream feminism only panders to the needs of white women.
Angela Davis is so smart and so caring for those most oppressed in our society. Only a person interested in the continued exploitation of others would oppose her.
I only wish to add from listening to the main stream media, that I myself (white English btw) have been the victim of systemic racism for several years without realizing! No where near as diabolical as what poor Mr Floyd went thru though so don't take me wrong! but all the young black lads on the BBC say they suffer racism via stop and search for no reason, not getting jobs via stereotypical profiling etc members of public avoiding them or being suspicious etc. I was stopped by police about 15 times and searched for nothing when I lived in illford! Iv'e been unsuccessful getting jobs b4! I thought I wasn't good enough but now I know I can just assume racist motives and have the BBC accept this (or else they racist!'). I also been in Polish corner shops and had the shop keeper accuse me of stealing when I haven't! I thought he was just a twat! now I know he was racist! Seriously though I hope people realize our western nation are well on the way to corrupt police state status!
@@oldschoolcockneylover8138 There is such a thing as class oppression and the identitarians miss this. There is also police abuse and violence in general. It is worst for black and Latino people, but we can all be victimized.
@@oldschoolcockneylover8138 The whole point is that there's multiple systems of oppression, most white people are oppressed by capitalism, many of our ancestors (& our contemporaries) were fooled into supporting imperialism, slavery, racism etc instead of realizing our common interests with colonized people. You are likely profiled based on the neighborhood, your clothing, how you speak, class markers etc.
this is so relevant for the topic of pornography, how mainstream feminism keeps advocating for "reforming" porn (i.e. "feminist" porn, onlyfans, etc.) instead of abolishing it. the women who are able to participate in such reforms are pushing aside hundreds of thousands of women and girls who are sexually exploited all over the world. the commodification of sex work gentrifies that awful business and makes it pass as "empowering", as something women should do to "embrace" our sexuality, when there are many other ways to do so without contributing to the upholding of a system that exploits women and girls.
Another point (from my European perspective), is that the focus is so much between men and women (Nordic countries and central European countries). With special focus of white people. The real problems are indeed the strong hierarchies and social status. And the fact that all people, of all genders and of all races are not given the same opportunities. That's the real problem with our society. What's the point of having 50% woman CEO'S? How is that going to help our society? How is that going to create opportunities to people of a "lower" social class?
Glad she makes this distinction, very wise of her. White upper middle class feminists, which is what almost all the feminist lobby is composed of, is NOT an ally of black women...or anyone else for that matter, except maybe the plutocracy.
Who in their right mind think a person has civil rights under communism. Marxism Leninism communisn very deceptive. Obivious you are deceived. So we should all desire to be poor and oppressed. Historically communism does not work. She is full of it. Her speech sounds as if she is drugged and in a daze. Don't force your junk on me.
@@marysharp9754 Can you name a single Marxist society that has existed please? And I mean true Marxist, what Marx advocated for, not how people interpreted his views or how they have been twisted throughout time.
@@madouc5754 Who's we? I've never lived in a Marxist country, and you haven't either. However, I live in a capitalist country with some semi-socialist policies..Like free healthcare, free prescriptions and free education. I'm guessing you're American and scared the commies are coming for you yeah?
I am so glad to hear her speak. Angela Davis is a brilliant woman and it is a damn shame that I am only now learning about her. Her teachings should be in every school “diversity is not enough, we do not wish to be included in a racist society” gave me chills
What movement, what are you trying to achieve? Are black women not allowed to go to University? (programs to get minorities with lower grades in) Are they not getting hired? (diversity quotas) Are they not allowed to start businesses? All I'm hearing is accusations against white people, no evidence, no solutions, nothing at all concrete, just pandering to people!
@@jahnaviraman5411 Nothing youre saying is concrete, why dont you provide their University rates, the positions they occupy, crime rates, drug abuse rates. There could be many reasons for getting paid less. They die more during pregnancy? How's that racist/sexist? Are you seriously suggesting Doctors are letting black women die more because they're black? And your last point is exactly what I said not to do, completely generic accusation without any substance.
Well, shit. I thought people were turning on mainstream feminism because they weren't ready for so much change. Turns out mainstream feminism wasn't progressive enough. Thanks for sharing!
I remember a few years i was taking the train to my university in the east of the netherlands and I noticed a girl from my class who was always bragging about her 'woke', feminist politics. We had a chat. Me being a marxist, i asked her about her views on Bernie Sanders (the 2016 elections were coming up and I wasn't trying to seem too radical). She responded: no, I don't want another man in power, i sincerely hope it'll be Hillary Clinton. I was shocked the poisonous politics from the USA had hit my country. It's only worsened through the years. This 'radical' glossey liberal feminism must be destroyed by all means.
@@selty stop defending white feminism. Liberal feminism is explicitly dominates by racist white women who call themselves feminists but never understand intersectionality.
The homophobic comments in the comment section makes me sad. Y'all are fighting amongst each other and making Right-wing talking points. Who cares?? That's why liberals and feminists lose most of the time. Fighting amongst each other over petty stuff. Socialists and Communists don't care about that. Might not understand it but it's their choice.
Allen Greene just because you not buying into the tavistock institute mind control PROGRAMMING off the looney left and the Rothchilds eugenics program of depopulation to bring the Georgia guidestones into affect does not make you right wing !
U believe in a disney fantasy world u are all our slaves we dont care what u pathetic humans call yourselfes which boxes u put yourselfes in to make it easier for your pathetic brains good evil etc all illusions lies u tell yourselfes to feel safer what normal to the spider is chaos to the fly theirs only change the only power thats real and forever nothing can escape it all your human fantasies,dreams,ideas,views,religions,etc all your civilisations will be nothing but a dead memory of a extinct peoples nobody remembers nor cares about wen the sun swallows the earth and eventually dies everything your kind is was shall be nothing u are all the same worthless beings mindless followers u are a slave to our creations one example a piece of paper with meaningless symbols on it and u all kill for it u cant move without getting a reward u will never be free u dont want to u love the worlds,realities we weave for u theirs always a choice and u keep taking the most easiest roads leading to your own destruction u are actually killing yourselfes
alchemy432 the fool card magician you need help. you’ve fallen into the antisemitic rabbit hole created by the original nazis and repackaged by neo-nazis in the right- wing libertarian circles.
"Standards for feminism are created by those who have already ascended economic hierarchy and are attempting to make the last climb to the top. How is this relevant to the women who are at the very bottom?" This statement floored me. I never was a feminist and neither was my mother or my sister. We were all strong women fighting through poverty and yet my mother insisted on learning, always. Digging through dumpsters for food and lugging water around just to survive. We never had the luxury of having an argument about women not in STEM fields. Men and women in my world had to survive day one together. It did make me strong though. I don't need a man to survive...but I want one beside me..toiling and digging deep. Feminism isn't for me.
Thought I would add the latest poor attempt at pandering I recently came across. A BANK of Australia billboard, "I bank with x because they believe in gender diversity". Such a joke
I'm a white Marxist-Leninist, and I've been doing research on the modern “mainstream feminist” movement. Davis is so articulate and really tackles the topic so well. Intersectionality is the PERFECT word for it. She is brilliant, and the world needs to listen to her right now, with the rise of fascism and patriarchy in the West.
I recently wrote my final paper for an English class last semester using a buncha the class's readings on how the hierarchal and systemic nature of racism and sexism in the United States are naturally reinforced by capitalism and class society, and how intersectional struggles must be fought along class lines to create concrete change of their material conditions. I hadn't really known about Davis before writing it, but I wish I did because her analysis is incredible and exactly what I was trying to get at in that essay and more! I talked about how feminists within academia are disconnected from that challenges that working class women actually face on a material basis, and instead only seek to discuss feminism in the abstract in a privileged position as academics who likely come from more affluent or backgrounds to even be able to be there in the first place. Joy Castro's "On Becoming Educated" was a really interesting read, although I wish it directly confronted the class aspect of her critique of feminism in academia, she touched on it multiple times and it would've been cool to see a more class-conscious and nuanced approach like what Davis presents in this video.
Louis Hob There are feminists who are critical of those practices. Where have you been? Don’t confuse someone like Hillary Clinton or other neo-liberals with actual feminists.
Feminism is about tearing down Western Civilization. It is part of Critical Theory. It is not for attacking Islam. Feminism is for placing the family under State ownership or control. No more head of the household. Feminists are taught they don’t need a man.
"Revolutionary hope resides precisely among those women who have been abandoned by history and are now standing up and making their demands heard" amazing 💗 "People who have suffered in that way, when they begin to rise, the whole world will rise with them"
I descend from poor and working class women of color. Revolutionary hope presides precisely by those women who have been abandoned....poor women, black women, Muslim women, trans women. We stand up against racism. We do not wish to be included in racist society. We do not wish to be assimilated into a hetero, patriarchal, misogynistic society. Revolution upsets class based, gender based, and race based.
I was asked if I was a feminist recently. I am a white male. Instead of giving a simple “yes” I said that I am unsure what it would even mean to say I was a feminist as I felt it an almost platitudinous to simply state that I believe in women’s right therefore I was a feminist. I was scolded by the women in my presence who took it as a personal insult that I couldn’t simply say “yes I am a feminist” and be done with it. I felt horrible and questioned whether there was some latent sexism that I harbored that caused me to respond in that way but after reading and hearing things similar to this it has validated my concern to simply comply to a simple narrative that treats every issue from a position of simply men and women. Unfortunately, I know a lot of men that are very confident in their declaration of being feminists solely based on the simple idea that men and women are equal but who in practice are extremely sexist in their conduct.
Wasn't the United Daughter of Confederacy the founders of "mainstream Feminism"? I might be wrong, but still they were feminist who didn't want women of color, and actually had to do a lot with the Confederacy Statues being put up, and maintaining the racist ideas in America. I kept meaning to do more research, but as a male, I acknowledge that my privilege ultimately didn't give enough cause to care.
straight facts. finding that classism and capitalism is as strong if not a stronger oppressor that feeds on racism, xenophobia, homophobia and any other form of hate and discrimination. Feminism acts like it’s the great equalizer and destroyer of sexism but it’s not. Greatly illustrated by the fact that i don’t celebrate the anniversary of a woman’s right to vote in 1920. Because that wasn’t my battle. it wasn’t a woman’s battle. it was for the affluent white women to rise in rank w affluent white men
Prophetic, revolutionary, Black Intellectuals have such a broad yet cutting critique of power and a wholesome, palpable love for people.. This is America’s most important intellectual tradition if we ever hope to ascend from our White Supremacist origins and cast off the shackles of consumerism, militarism, and mass poverty. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼 Solidarity to all people across the world being sacrificed at the whims of the powerful.
Fallow her and I am sure that will be your achievement Watch "Cuba 1958: Myths and Lies" on RU-vid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HnYtygF3HuA.html
There are so many politicians decrying disparities of income inequality, but we have to evaluate their results rather than their impassioned speeches. You should care about what politicians do even when you feel an emotional connection to them. “Might makes right” isn’t correct, but it would be foolish to say might isn’t a factor when considering your course of action. Echo chambers and filter bubbles are giving your opposition the same level of false confidence as they do to your ingroup. “Dialogue with the opposition is a waste of breath” is a dogma that gives power to the hierarchy that she is preaching against.
Agreed! I identify as I feminist, however as a white woman, I feel women of colour should be dominating conversations regarding equity, as the perennial disadvantages that affect white/middle class women are far more common and debilitating amongst women of colour.
Nina Mimi intersectional feminism simply fights for equality for women of color, poor women, trans women and any female member of the LGBTGIA community
Ms.Davis Hello I’m sending you roses , You have inspired Me, Huney in a ways School, Disability, Women being Recognized, Children not left behind, CCW’s , Knowledge Of Life , etc… I’m 51 live in Ohio and it’s because of Angela Davis I’ve made it this far 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹LUV U🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷
It's easy to talk the talk and something altogether different to walk the walk. Action on the midst of struggle is mandatory. George X said, patience taken to far is cowardice.
The same could be said of the movements in favor of the rights of blacks, homosexuals and any mainstream political struggle completely hegemonized by capitalist discourse.
I'm so glad this came up recently for me and obviously many others. Now more than ever I feel myself losing the script and sliding into nihilism. There is a point and there is will and we *must* make things better. For ourselves. For our siblings. For those to come. Angela *is* a revolutionary and I hate that her views are still considered radical by so many.
It's the problem with the second-wave fought by white women for white women but it's organic and growth with younger generations will make it fade away like the first wave eventually did. Look at Germaine Greer. She was a pioneer in modern feminism but to 30-year-olds like me, she now basically sounds and acts like a female Jeremy Clarkson. She is as violently misandrist as the world she grew up in was misogynistic, as narrow-minded as the society she was fighting was, her vision is nothing but binary where women should be given what men have, not matter how destructive it is, rather than fighting for a new way where everyone could find its own path.
Honestly who cares, just try your best on living your own lives and try not to get distracted through this meaningless crap, who cares who wins, work on your damn career, I don’t give a damn if your 59 or if your a pan, the same way I don’t care what you think, I just want to study and RU-vid sends this shit to my recommendations
The basic principles of feminism are indeed bourgeois and urban. the mere idea that women were not allowed to work and had to stay home is a profoundly affluent women's view of the world. It's easy to be envious of your husbands job and spend time complaining about having nothing to do when you have house staff, doing all the cleaning, cooking, child rearing and even breast feeding for you! Women from rural areas and poor situations have been working forever, in the fields, lavatories, factories and as house staff for the bourgeoise idiots who complained about not being allowed to work. Modern feminism likes to claim that now women are allowed to work. That's not true, back in the day, middle class men had to be paid a salary that could cover the needs of the whole family while their wives busied themselves with unpaid labour. Now a day women are FORCED to work since their entry in the work force led to their husbands' salaries being halved, and they are still forced to do the unpaid labour on top of it.
may i say, asean & eurasian female warriors are not feminists by america definition... they became warriors to help their husbands, their sons, their parents & ultimately their nation leaders... a female warrior does not exactly refer to holding an arrow a sword or a gun to kill a soldier of colonialists... the grandmother who looks after all infants & kids while grown ups go to battles are also female warriors themselves... females do the duties of a man in the absence of a man to do the duty... like margaret thatcher, for the aseans, britain has no qualified man in her time... like angela davis, it means for aseans there is not one available slave man to do the duty of upliftung the status of slaves... it is a matter of circumstances & situations that a female do the duties of a male... likewise, that a male do the duties of a female... it is not a matter of competition of opposite sexes... scientifically, as drawn by leonardo da vinci, the male body is genetically much physically stronger than a female body... in a sense, feminists is extremists female brains...
As an immigrant woman here in the United States with Indigenous background, I didn't know of how powerful Indigenous women were in Latin America, I grew up reading alot of Black American feminist writings which inspired me. It's been awesome to read global social movements led by Indigenous and Black women.
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Dear Angela, glass ceiling feminism doesnt apply only to white affluent women: As you said more than once therea a lot of black women in academia
