"Many women of color, like their Anglo counterparts, eschew the term ‘feminism’ while agreeing with..."

““Many women of color, like their Anglo counterparts, eschew the term ‘feminism’ while agreeing with it’s goals (the right to an abortion, equality in job hiring, girls’ soccer teams). But women of color also dismiss the label because the feminist movement has largely focused on the concerns of middle-class women… . Attempts to address the racism of the feminist movement have largely been token efforts without lasting effects. Many young women o color still feel alienated from a mainstream feminism that doesn’t explicitly address racfe… . Feminism in the United States has stagnated in part because it has largely neglected a class and race analysis.”

- “Feminism’s Future Young Feminists of Color Take the Mic” Daisy Hernández (via false-catalyst)