As advancements are made individuals need to become aware of new challenges and potential difficulties. Social justice projects need to be adaptable and as social conditions change knowledge/practices need to keep up.

She writes that this “affirms, rearticulates, and provides a vehicle for expressing”.Ĭollins stresses the importance of experiential knowledge and higher education she finishes the piece by expressing the necessities for dialogical practices and black women intellectuals. Collins believes that black feminist practice and thought relies on a dialogical relationship changes in beliefs lead to changed action and that altered experiences may promote a changed consciousness. Different experiential knowledge from these experiences develop, there is no single standpoint. The diverse responses to common challenges within black feminism begins with segregation and the “struggle to survive”. Those who have a front row standpoint believe that knowledge from the back row is irrelevant. A standpoint is composed of your views and knowledge, what is considered valued knowledge is location specific. Collins draws on institutional racism to outline common challenges in order to define the black feminist standpoint. The current school of thought does not allow for consideration of intersecting oppressed groups. Written by Xingyan Liu and other people who wish to remain anonymousĬollins feels a dissatisfaction with current feminist because it is assumed by and dominated by white upper/middle class women who have already worked their way into a higher landscape. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

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