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Socialist Feminism First Draft:

 21st Century Socialist Feminism 

Socialist feminists believe that women need to come together to overcome their oppression, but that they can't do this all on their own. They believe that class is central to the problem, but it's not always something that affects all different types of identities. Some of the different current categories within socialist feminism are "social-welfare feminism, social democratic feminism, revolutionary socialist feminism, revolutionary women of color feminism, and indigenous feminism". In "Twenty-first Century Socialist Feminism" it's stated that in order to achieve a socialist society, when need to move our efforts "from the margins of the center to the revolutionary left"

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Revolutionary Black Feminism

In "Twenty-first Century Socialist Feminism" it's stated that in order to achieve a socialist society, when need to move our efforts "from the margins of the center to the revolutionary left". This has been a main focus throughout feminists since the third wave of feminism began in the early 1990's. Roanne Hindth wrote that "[w]omen of color will lead the U.S. revolution", because in the eyes of capitalism they're the ones with the most to gain and the least to lose. There are 4 tenets of Revolutionary Black Feminism (RBF): "(a) Revolutionary vision is dynamic; (b) racial, gender, and sexual oppression are reconfigured within periods of capitalist restructuring; (c) Black women's oppression consists of two recursive components: structure and ideology; and (d) there is a dialectical link between theory and practice". This mindset is revolutionary in that it believes that in order to eradicate oppression, we must completely transform the societal structures and ideologies that hold power over those who are oppressed. This is extremely necessary because "[b]lack women experience discrimination and inequality in virtually every element of the U.S. political system".

Throughout the racist history of the feminist movement, many black women's voices have been eradicated and ignored because white women wanted them to "wait their turn". Sure, individuals like Sojourner Truth are becoming increasingly recognized for the things that they did, but others such as Claudia Jones have been all but erased from history, in multiple aspects. Another example of this would be the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), whose goal was to (a) make active, lasting contributions to eradicate the multiple systems of oppression that people of color face and (b) partake in transforming our society into a socialist one, in where all people are equal and free of oppression. Though they have made contributions in these ways, they are still largely erased from discussions pertaining to the civil rights and Black power movements throughout the 1960's and 1970's. These are reasons as to why Revolutionary Black Feminism is necessary today, and why it has come about in our society.