Saturday, April 21, 2007
My Final Thoughts
From what I've been able to conclude, I think that Beverly Guy-Sheftall's feminist opinions and what she has put forward in her books and speeches to the community are so important and undervalued. I appreciate her appreciation for women’s history and how that can be applied to feminist theory, as well as taking into consideration a women’s experience, and internationally comparing and examining black women’s studies with other cultures. Her work seems to encompass history, gender, race, class, and the global community which is admirable for all that it involves. I remember reading that it was hard to get her point across and address issues concerning African American women in the black community because they already felt that they were liberated and that they didn't need feminism. That she pursued to spread what she thought would better women's studies and how black women are represented shows great courage. Beverly Guy-Sheftall comes off as someone not easily defeated, after struggling against combined sexism and racism, something so taboo in the greater community she stood to achieve what others deemed impossible. With her own Women's Center, first black women’s studies journal, first ever black women’s studies concentrated major at a university, and her extensive literary work, she seems to be what other feminists today envy and strive to be.
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