I have always been skeptical about the Women’s rights movement because I knew that as a black woman, the movement did not necessarily fight for me. Women’s rights typically meant white women’s rights back then because all women were not the same, race made a difference. Fighting for the Vote video touches on this a little by discussing slavery and civil rights. Women in the video expressed that they were extremely motivated to gain voting rights after free black men were giving voting rights. Not because men were given voting rights but especially because black men were because white women felt superior to them. This part of the video made me question the entire movement. It’s great that women were able to come together and fight for their right to vote but its also kind of a slap in the face to black women. These women did not always put race aside when they were fighting but many of them still felt superior to black people. The racist white woman narrative is rarely told but should be. In school, I was taught that the Women’s rights movement was for all women but would rather have learned the truth about the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have always been skeptical about the Women’s rights movement because I knew that as a black woman, the movement did not necessarily fight for…<\/p>\n