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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