3. How is the Combahee River Collective Statement an example of Black feminist thought? Use the readings from Patricia Hill Collins to analyze the statement. In your essay you will want to demonstrate an understanding of core elements of Black feminist thought, as per PHC, as you apply these to a discussion of the CRC statement. As this is a close reading of both the statement and Collins’ essay be sure to support your analysis with details from the texts.

 

This is a discussion question below! Please read it and think about it before working on my actual draft.

 

For this week, read Patricia Hill Collins’ (PHC) Black Feminist Thought Collins Patricia Hill Black Feminist Thought.pdf  and the Combahee River Collective (CRC) Statement Combahee River Collective Statement.docx

What does Black feminism mean to you? Give me an example/s of Black feminist thought. This can be contemporary or historical, from or beyond your lived experience or knowledge base.  Following this, I would like to see you apply Collin’s Black Feminist Thought to contextualize your statement. Be as specific as possible. Know and be able to explain the meaning and significance of each of PHC’s six aspects of Black feminist thought.  Which one/s stand out the most to you, and why? How is the CRC’s Statement an example of Black feminist thought?

 

Keywords:

Praxis

Rearticulation

Organic intellectuals

Diaspora

Women of color epistemologies

Intersectionality

 

Distinguishing features of U.S. Black feminist thought

Resist oppression

Tension linking experience and ideas

Individual v. collective experiences—dialogical relationship

Black women intellectuals

Always changing: as social conditions change so does response/resistance to them

Relationship to other projects for social justice