Race in Women’s Movements: Feminist

Read:
● The Combahee River Collective. (1977/2014).Women's studies Quarterly 42(3-4),
271-280. http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/10/21/white-feminist-fatigue-syndrome/
● Nicholson, L. (2010).
https://newpol.org/issue_post/feminism-waves-useful-metaphor-or-not/
Please watch:
● Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992 at: https://vimeo.com/183357176 (8 mins)
● The American actress Viola Davis’ acceptance speech at the 2015 Emmy Awards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSpQfvd_zkE (2 mins)
Unit Questions

1. How do the politics of race complicate the history of feminism and women's
   movements represented in the readings and the film?
2. What does it mean to look at feminism as multiple, contested and complex
   movements, and how does race participate in these debates?
   Write :
   In response to the film and texts from Introduction and Lecture, the film about Audre Lorde’s life
   in Berlin, and Viola Davis’ speech, and focus on how these texts and representations articulate
   different kinds of history

Sample Solution