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@Troy Actually I'm not a fervent Obama supporter.. I did leave the republican party to support his campaign for president and I voted for him twice - BUT I don't like that he supported many of Bush's policies. I believe in freedom. Many of Mr. Obama's policies from the Bush administration - curtailed our freedom of movement. In fact, many of Trump's so called war on terror - is a continuation of the Obama Administration policies. So please don't get it twisted... I just call it how it is revealed. The focus is on black women right now. And As President, as I outlined with evidence (not my personal observation or feelings) - Mr. Obama did more for black women, socially, economically and even physically if you count in health care, than has any other black man in history full stop. What's more he took the time to focus on black women needs even while doing the most for black men. I suggest you take a look at President Obama's record of executive orders, bills signed into legislation and his initiatives. I have. Again with the pastors smh. I attend Publix supermarket every week sometime twice a week and they in turn send me coupons to use when I return. They send me recipes to make so I will come in buy more food. It's a symbiotic relationship but make no mistake I do know Publix Supermarket is somewhat in control of my ability to sustain myself . Publix is not working to make it possible that I grow my own vegetables, house a dairy farm or cattle ranch. They are not helping me in that way -they are working to keep me dependent and subservient. From my long time experience with the black church - it's the same relationship. There's no socioeconomic empowerment going on there either. If there were the term "black male leadership" wouldn't be in use - it would simply be "church leadership" has empowered black women to.[ fill in the blank]. The black church has empowered black people to...[to be right the hell where we are, in last place.] BUT This says it all - "male leadership"... LEADERS teach and empower. What is the legacy of church black male leadership? What has the black male leadership done for the collective socioeconomic status for black women? You didn't answer the question. Now you're just trolling me. FROM HER WEBSITE : bell hooks is an acclaimed intellectual, feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist, and writer. hooks has authored over three dozen books and has published works that span several genres, including cultural criticism, personal memoirs, poetry collections, and children's books. Her writings cover topics of gender, race, class, spirituality, teaching, and the significance of media in contemporary culture. - gender is first on the list. @Pioneer1 I appreciated that Louis Farrakhan is a knowledgeable man - with an estimated networth of $3 -to 5 million but what has he done for black woman to elevate their socioeconomic status in America? What legislative proposals has he written or championed to raise the status of black women in America. Women who choose to follow Islam are under the auspices of that religion. They live their lives according to the Quran. It's their choice but it also strips them of a lot decision-making once they choose to follow Islam. I'm not a follower so I can't speak to how this raises the profile of black women, however the results of the NOI and its effect on the status of Black Women is clear. Black women lose their agency once they choose to follow the tenets of any religion. Religion is about obedience and the rules are in place. * * * While some women may fawn over men who pay attention to them - (heck I can even be one of those women at times) it doesn't stop me from looking for the results. If I start with 100 shoes when you come into my life - and while we're together I only have 50 and even those are falling apart and we don't have anything else to show for our union- yo' ass got to go. When my daughter and I went to vote for Hillary in the last election, we joked and said, "well let us go to polls to secure our place on the bottom." We were half-joking because while we (black women) are still last on the economic ladder, she had a secured her position as a contract analyst at new technology law firm ... and I was finally able to focus on building my communication/publishing business. The last 8 years had been beneficial my daughters and myself... we were left with 150 shoes. so much so, my daughters sent my mother and I on all expense paid vacation to Washington, DC. to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture... We're not the exception, we're the results of the Obama Administration. So again I'll pose this If you know of any other black man - wait, I'll make it easy ANY MAN who has championed the rights of black women and actually helped us inch up higher at last place - please share. I really want to know because I might have missed his work.

The "litmus test" in the past has been that the Gay and Feminist movements could not ride the coattails of the Civil Rights movement because Gays and Women have choices . They could vacillate between being gay and appearing straight, - between being a feminist warrior or a femme fatale sex object. Whereas blacks had no alternative or choice when it came to being black because their skin color automatically guaranteed the discrimination that violated their civli rights. So racism and feminism are kinda like apples and oranges. When it comes to Feminists, black women didn't have to craft a movement to demand equality with men, it was a role thrust upon them and, as Mel implied, they are flexible when it comes to wearing the feminist hat. During my era black women en mass tended to dismiss feminists because of this and because of how these Militant Miz Anns co-opted the cause and wanted to run the show and call the shots, Also there was widespread opposition to lesbians on the part of the black community who believe the feminism movement was primarily made up of them. And, too, some aware black women recalled how the Woman's Suffrage Movement had the gall to discriminate against black women who wanted to be a part of the fight to gain the vote. Beyonce is an intellectual lightweight. When she started out in Destiny's Child she was so inarticulate and terrible at enunciating her speech that she had to be refined. I'm sure JayZ has a hand in guiding her career, as did her father, but that doesn't mean that her marriage is a loveless one. She still strikes me as shallow but she knows how best to showcase her musical talent and shape her public image. She is a member of a profession where this is routinely the case

That guy was in Love with you. And you got blond sided because he didn't display any of rhe items on your check list. But your girl knew what was up.

Cynique to me the do. They are all victims. The tactics are similar as well.

How are Racism Sexism, Chauvanism and Nationalism differnt. Except the audience and victims are different. To me they are all about control of image, which leads to all the other subordinations and diminishment. To me itsis always about power and insecurity.

@Troy we're not divided. Black women are still holding down the fort. Subjugation, sexism, gender and racial discrimination et al. are all included in the fight against racism because oppression is the result of the global patriarchal structure that gave rise to the zero-sum economics we practice. It is the sole reason, according to historians, that the terms black vs. white entered the lexicon of the American economy. "divide" is the tool of the oppressor and it seems some fall for it every time... One would have to ask themselves, If black women are fighting a battle they believe is important and black men decide it isn't and walk away. That's not division - that's black men leaving black women to fight the battle. Black men left the fort. The one who stands their ground in a battle isn't the cause of division. But let's back-track a bit, Black women "be staying on the front lines" for every cause that affects all blacks in America." From the time of slavery in America to the present. For example, In Detroit, 1930, it was the Detroit Housewives League who made it possible for 70,000 jobs to open up for the black community. By the way, they weren't really housewives - because they said they couldn't afford to be but the organization founded by Fannie Peck called it that... “It was an attempt by African-American women to essentially try to expand the job market for all African Americans in Detroit by boosting the businesses, black-owned businesses, and pressuring white-owned businesses to hire African American workers,” Victoria Wolcott said. (in an interview with Michigan Radio talking about her book "Remaking Respectability: African-American Women in Interwar Detroit." They came up with the slogan "Don't buy where you can't work" "In 1935 they set a huge packing warehouse on fire protesting against high prices, and later joined thousands of Chicago housewives in a march that shut down the city’s entire meat industry. " Black Women continued to stay on the front lines... The Civil Rights movement was started by black women until they had to take a back seat to black men who for some reason thought to move them out of position. Many report that experiencing gender discrimination in the civil rights movement caused them to use their energy and expertise in the feminist movement in the 70s... However, that's not when Women's rights activism started here in America.. We have Isabella Baumfree's story that allows us to take a look back at the movement that was included in abolitionist's movement. Those pioneers realized early on - that they couldn't rid the U.S. of slavery without working to "free" women too. Not only did Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth) free herself, give a speech " at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention - she later began recruiting black men to fight in the civil war... In the same year Beyonce' graced the cover of Time 100; "In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine's list of the "100 Most Significant Americans of All Time" In the year Michael Brown was executed in the street black women started the Black Lives Matter" Movement against police brutality holding the law enforcement structure accountable...today we have police body cams, and even police officers being indicted for reckless behavior - some serve time some don't but this is the result of black women keeping their eye on racism - and black men's lives in society while they themselves, as black women, hover around the bottom rung. The only black man (half-black) man to assist in the plight of black women was President Barack Obama and for 8 years he passed laws and initiatives that directly raised the economic profile of black women. But I digress. We're still here doing what we've always have done. We're battling oppression. Still all our marching and rallying for equity and against racism in America has benefited black men economically. Black women are still at the bottom of the economic ladder while continuing to be the cornerstone of our communities and political landscape. So while you may not see feminism as important - it is. Especially if black women only have themselves to count on when it comes to fighting battles that directly affect their sovereignty. Nope. There's no division. Any number divided by itself is one.