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America according to Cooper, Morris and Boylon (2017) is still far from achieving equality in all its races. African Americans are still surveilled, raped, and more often face violence. The black community is seen as threatening while the “whites” continue to liberate and possess the all the human rights. Black Lives Matter campaigns should be fueled by a collective spirit for it to be a revolution. In addition, the formal US education system does not teach neutrality in terms of gender, nonconformity and gender fluid. Black women in America are considered to possess patriarchy in relation to white women. Feminism should thus fight for equal rights of each individual woman in America and resist the patriarchy seen in recent times which devalues women.   A new activist framework needs to be established which will incorporate both divergent and diverse perspectives of black women. The challenge emanates from “Color of Violence” where women are encouraged to stand up for
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Crunk Feminist Collection (Part II- Race and Racism: All black lives matter)

Just as Cooper, Morris, & Boylorn (2017) puts it, all black lives matter. News headlines still indicate that America is far beyond the achievement of equality among all races. There are still no possibilities for racial progress in the United States. Black people face violence, rape and are surveilled. Police brutality is still evident among Black communities. In only few circumstances under which the individuals responsible for the crimes are brought to book. Individuals must stand up to proceed with the slogan that Black Lives Matter. It is crucial to address the problem of the oppression of black communities. However, in a society that is topped with patriarchal problems, capitalism, heterosexism, white supremacy, it might be difficult to achieve equality for all-whether white or black. The issue of racism should not only be fought by blacks. It is a matter of the whole country to take responsibility in the elimination of the white supremacy. Many white are portrayed as safe
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Crunk Feminist Collection (Part 1-Gender: Fuck the Patriarchy)

 It is notable that Cooper, Morris, & Boylorn (2017) confront the several and different ways patriarchy as well as gender norms sideline women and girls. Patriarchy is something that existed since time immemorial and it is evident that it harms everyone. It is unfortunate that our formal education system does not each individuals on being gender neutral, gender nonconforming and gender fluid. A patriarchal society only takes pride in masculinity as well as maleness. There is the twofold classification that underpins hegemonic and dominant harms that are related to the social construction of gender and harassment where masculinity is praised. The deliberately chauvinist as well as misogynist societal expectations confine people of different genders on how to think, act, dress and behave. Hence, gender is seen as a system that dictates the behavior of women and men as well as their roles and responsibilities. Furthermore, there are limitations of gender depending on whether one
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The Color of Violence: Chapters in Part Two and Three (2ndBLOG)

The “Color of Violence” challenges contemporary antiviolence initiatives and general feminist thoughts from different contributors who reveal truths of violence against women. Traditional social services and the criminal justice system have failed in their approaches to ending violence against women. "Color of Violence” challenges us to establish a new activism framework which incorporates divergent and diverse perspectives as women of color. Part two of the book addresses different form of violence that is perpetrated towards women of color. “The Crime, Punishment, and Economic Violence” by Patricia Allard, talks about different bans by the federal government. These bans include a ban on receipts of welfare benefits, public housing ban and the ban on post-secondary financial aid receipt that have amounted to economic violence against women and have affected women of color with low income. “The Medicalization of Domestic Violence ,” by Ana Clarissa Rojas Durazo states that
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“Color of Violence”, Chapters in Part Two and Three

"Color of violence" comes as an essential intervention in the war against women of color. Part two of this book titled Forms of Violence it has 14cahpters. This part comes after the first part has made us understand the violence targeted towards women; the part makes it important to address the forms in which violence is perpetrated towards women specifically focusing on the way such kind of violence is propagated by the state. Forms of violence disclosed to as the kind of violence netted towards women that are quite often disregarded when it comes to scholarships and traditional activism. Law Enforcement Violence against Women of Color; by Andrea Ritchie’s conflicts the idea that the criminal justice system can protect women effectively. Four Generations in Resistance, by Dana Erekat, addresses the impact that military violence meted against North African women. Aishah Simmons’s “The War Against Black Women, and the Making of NO!,” traces all the eleven years it took her to
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She’s Gotta Have It

In Spike Lee’s 1986 film, “She’s Gotta Have It”, a revolutionary representation of sex is showcased on the big screen. The film follows the life of an up and coming artist in Brooklyn, Nola Darling. Nola was, and still is, a refreshing depiction of black womanhood in movies. She is nonchalant and easy-going, confident and as sexually liberated as a woman could be in the mid-eighties. Despite being filled with bubbling talent, Nola maintains an ordinary lifestyle, surrounded by friends, family and her three lovers. The final characteristic has to be the most memorable aspect of the film, as the concept of non-monogamous or polyamorous relationships are rarely explored on the mainstream media. Instead, heroes and heroines are expected to be encapsulated within the tight restraints of monogamous, heteronormative romance. For the major part of the film, though, Nola’s decision to have relationships with different men is not outwardly questioned or judged. However, as the film comes to its
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