Explain how Black Women and Feminism examines the effect of racism and sexism on Black women in the United States during enslavement, the Civil Rights Movement and through the 1970s. According to hooks’ the American feminism movement is rooted in racial imperialism.
For this response paper, agree or disagree with her thesis. In your agreement or disagreement, highlight sub-themes or her positions presented along with her evidence to support her statements and your own generalized assessment of the thesis that the American feminist movement is (in the past and continues today) rooted in racial imperialism. In your essay, define racial imperialism, what rooted means, whether or not you agree and speak to the applicability (or not) to the situation of women (Black, White, Asian, Latina, et al) today in the 21st century.
The structure of the essay should include your agreement or disagreement with hooks’ thesis that the American feminism movement is rooted in racial imperialism. It should include a definition and brief discussion of racial imperialism with examples. You should introduce your agreement or disagreement with at least three supporting points—all grounded from the text. Each point is to be supported from the various chapters in the text. Be specific, be clear on historical, social, cultural and political contexts.
This paper requires more of your own analytical persuasiveness. Be clear, be specific and provide examples directly from the text. An ideal paper will be free of grammatical and spelling errors in 3-5 pages, double-spaced with 12” font, 1” margins.
