#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen

Lonemango · 2013-08-16T14:02:11+00:00

For those who don't want to read the article, the author is using the #solidarityisforwhitewomen ironically. She is claiming that only white women get to be feminists, and feminism sees minorities as merely the poor people that these magnanimous white women are fighting for. I think it is a very valid critique of feminism.

My favorite is the tweet of Raina Kalek. We hear about the women wage gap all the time, but no one ever talks about how white women make more than black men.

TheOtherBono · 2013-08-16T16:41:07+00:00

A little civil war will be good for them. Better for us, but good for them.

guywithaccount · 2013-08-16T18:18:33+00:00

Feminism has always been a movement for middle-to-upper-class women... which means, by and large, white women.

Poor women never had a glass ceiling because they work in the basement (just like poor men).

Poor women generally couldn't expect to marry into wealth, because classism is a thing, even if no one will admit it - which means poor women couldn't expect to abuse alimony and child support since you can't get blood from a stone (a poor man). Not that that stops people from trying.

Poor women can't easily afford the abortions feminists fought for - and if it wasn't for Planned Parenthood, a lot of them probably wouldn't have been able to get regular birth control either.

Poor women, historically, didn't get to go to the colleges that feminism flourished at. Today, of course, feminists are eager to see women of all classes shuffled into the feminist recruitment centers.

999papercranes · 2013-08-16T14:07:41+00:00

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201308122356-0022973

There are some good examples of "feminists" who are willing to recognize their faults.

Fellow white feminists: #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen is not for us to defend, explain, protest. It's time for us to take a damn seat & listen.

Wow, this hashtag. Fellow white women, we need to be better and we need to do better. #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen

2013-08-16T18:54:39+00:00

Is anyone else wondering whether Hugo S. purposely infiltrated feminist ranks just to expose how misandric and idiotic they are?

That's probably giving him too much credit...

Title	#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen
Author	GenderEqualityKing
Upvotes	10
Comments	12
Date	August 16, 2013 1:52 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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