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Black feminism

Black Feminist Future is a community initiative formed by members of the African American feminist community, with the aim of amplifying the power of black women and girls in community organizing and online engagement. The group was formed in reaction to the aftermath of a police shooting at Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.

In the aftermath of the shooting of Korryn Gaines, Black Feminist Future urged people across the country to build altars to honor black women.

Initiatives[edit]
In wake of the 2016 United States Presidential election, the group launched an initiative named "Freedom Dreams: Black Feminist Visioning Our Political Future". The initiative includes making "visioning salons" to build vision and movement that centers the African-American feminist lives. The aim is affecting politics and revising the laws which are believed to incorporate racial discrimination.

Black Feminist Future is launching an organizing school in 2018 where they will provides resources for new Black feminists to analyze, train, and organize their own events and movements.

People[edit]
Paris Hatcher is a founder of the movement.

Jessica Byrd, founder of Three Point Strategies, a firm dedicated to recruiting more people of color to run for public office, is a board member of Black Feminist Future.

Paris Hatcher

https://facingrace.raceforward.org/speaker/paris-hatcher

Article evaluation

1.Everything is relevant to the topic of black feminism and nothing distracted me

2. More information about Paris Hatcher could have been added. More examples from 2018. Maybe add something about the "MeToo" movement and how they have participated in it

3. The article feels very sparse. More things could be added to give more depth

4. I would say it is neutral. It just gives the facts about Black Feminism. It is similar to how we have talked about feminism in class. The fact that depending on race women will face different forms of oppression.

5. These viewpoints are underrepresented. Not many people talk about Black Feminism future. In society you really only hear about just feminism not the different movements

6. Links work and sources support the article

7. References could be from more news articles or police reports. Many of the references come from other wiki pages. Neutral sources

8. One user mentioned that this movement is just a soapbox, no longer a movement.

Black Women in Politics
African-American women in politics

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/opinions/2018-is-the-year-black-women-are-taking-power-carr-peeler-allen/index.html

http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/resources/chisholm_effect_black_women_in_politics.pdf

Black Feminism
Heidi Safia Mirza. (2015). Decolonizing Higher Education: Black Feminism and the Intersectionality of Race and Gender. Journal of Feminist Scholarship, (7/8), 1-12.

did not have access to it. Have to request it.

Normalized Chaos: Black Feminism, Womanism, and the (Re)definition of Trauma and Healing by Shawn Arango Ricks

Normalized Chaos: Black Feminism, Womanism, and the (Re)definition of Trauma and Healing. (2018). Meridians, 16(2), 343-350.

Black feminism

Article Evaluation


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * yes the article hits all of the workings of Black Feminism
 * Are some areas under- or over-developed?
 * I think it is a well developed article. Although I think it would be nice to see something about women in politics in 2018 more.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * Yes
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * yes
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * Yes they come from credible sources  Adding citation
 * Black Panther Party Revolutionary People's Convention: November 1970. (2012, November 25). Retrieved from https://washingtonareaspark.com/2012/11/25/black-panther-party-revolutionary-peoples-convention-november-1970/

Black Girl Magic
Black Girl Magic was first used as a hashtag on social media outlets created by CaShawn Thompson in 2013. The phrase is meant to "celebrate the beauty, power and resilience of black women" (Wilson, 2016) Julee Wilson's definition is "a term used to illustrate the universal awesomeness of black women. It’s about celebrating anything we deem particularly dope, inspiring, or mind-blowing about ourselves" (2016). Individuals are using the phrase for black women in media, sports, education and in the tech world. Celebrities such as Yara Shahid, Johnetta "Netta" Elzie and Teyohah Parris have been mentioned as being advocates for Black Girl Magic, reaching audiences through media, and activism (Viera, 2016).

Although the phrase has gained a lot of support, there have been individuals that argue the hashtag does more damage than good. Professor Linda Chavers feels as though the phrase suggests that black women are nonhuman, fueling the "strong, black woman" archetype," of being superhuman" (Chavers, 2016). Chavers also adds that black women "in order to survive, we don't fly, we don't acquire superhuman characteristics. We woman up. And perhaps black women tend to do it better than most but that's because we have to, not because we're magical" (2016). Jennifer Epperson, struggles with phrase because she feels as though it disvalues the everyday accomplishments of women and "for a group of people that has been brutalized and robbed of respect for generations, I understand how impactful it is to see black women excel. But as a black woman who is trying her hardest to defy her own odds, the expectation of magic and excellence slowly suffocates" (2018).

Chavers, L. (2017, October 11). Here's My Problem With #BlackGirlMagic. Retrieved October 22, 2018, from https://www.elle.com/life-love/a33180/why-i-dont-love-blackgirlmagic/

Epperson, J. (2018, August 29). Is 'Black Girl Magic' Limiting Our Experiences? Retrieved October 22, 2018, from https://www.manrepeller.com/2018/08/why-black-girl-magic-doesnt-sit-right-with-me.html

Viera, B. (2016, 02). BLACK GIRL MAGIC. Essence, 46, 84-95. Retrieved from https://ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/docview/1758490038?accountid=15078

Wilson, J. (2016, January 12). The Meaning Of #BlackGirlMagic, And How You Can Get Some Of It. Retrieved October 22, 2018, from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-black-girl-magic-video_n_5694dad4e4b086bc1cd517f4

Peer Review

 * 1) Does the draft draw conclusions or try to convince the reader to accept one particular point of view?
 * 2) The draft is more of an explanation about a particular person and doesn't draw any conclusions
 * 3) Are there any words or phrases that don't feel neutral?
 * 4) Not that I could find
 * 5) Does the draft make claims on behalf of unnamed groups or people?
 * 6) They do a nice job of using quotes, where you knew who was saying what
 * 7) Does the draft focus too much on negative or positive information?
 * 8) The topic in itself isn't very positive so I think it focuses too much on the negative or the positive
 * 9) Are there any unsourced statements in the draft, or statements that you can't find stated in the references?
 * 10) statements are backed up by references

Final Article
According to Kimberlee Buck author of "Nielsen Releases 2017 Consumer Report on Black Women and Power behind Black Girl Magic, "24.3 million Black women account for 14 percent of all U.S. women and 52 percent of all African Americans" (2017). The values of black women wether it be in music, fashion or food, contributes to the Black community's $1.2 trillion in spending power. Despite the average income being slightly lower compared to White women and Black men, Black women are still contributing to the total Black buying power that is predicted to hit $1.5 trillion in 2021. Black women in the United States "are leaving an indelible imprint on America's economy, social consciousness, and cultural landscape, and they're showing no signs of slowing as they become more and more aware of that influence" exemplifying the meaning of Black Girl Magic (Buck, 2017). Leigh-Anne Kathryn Goins expresses that the discourses surrounding "Black femininity and Black women’s bodies often rely on racist and sexist narratives that define Black women as angry, emasculating, inhumanly strong jezebels" (2015). Black Girl Magic has attempted to fight those notions and celebrate the way in which Black women and girls are excelling in academia, becoming entrepreneurs and the power they hold as contributors to society (Buck, 2017).

Nadia E. Brown and Aria S. Halliday are also critics of the Black Girl Magic hashtag. With Black women making up "25 percent of the poor, compared to 10 percent of White women and 18 percent of Black men" (2018), they claim the hashtag ignores the true realities that Black women face "by seeking to believe that we have mystical supernatural powers to combat racism, sexism, patriarchy, homophobia, poverty and xenophobia" (Brown, Halliday 2018). Another complaint is that it doesn't confront the issue that "Black women are willfully ignored, underestimated and only acknowledged in transactional measures for their participation in American politics and culture." (Brown, Halliday 2018). The word "girl" used instead of woman replaces the celebration of black womanhood when talking about prominent black women. Brown and Halliday claim that the hashtag needs to "create the space where Black girls can experience the fullness of girlhood and Black women can flourish into adulthood unencumbered by childhood." (2018).

Brown, N. E., & Halliday, A. S. (2018, October 1). Making Black Women, Not Girls, Magic? Retrieved December 5, 2018, from https://www.ozy.com/opinion/making-black-women-not-girls-magic/89432

Buck, K. (2018, February 1). Nielsen Releases 2017 Consumer Report on Black Women and Power behind Black Girl Magic. Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved December 5, 2018, from https://lasentinel.net/

Goins, L. A. (2015). BLACK WOMEN AND SCANDAL: REPRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION IN CROOKED SPACES (Doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 2015) [Abstract]. , 1-2. (UMI No. 3722160)

Summary
The overall Black Feminism article was well rounded but it lacked current discussions such as the "Black Girl Magic" hashtag. I wanted readers to understand the origin of the phrase and what it means. Black Girl Magic is very present in media and I wanted to relate that to the lack of representation black females have in media. The hashtag does a great job at celebrating black women, but there is still a need for more representation. Black Girl Magic is not a call to action but more of a celebratory phrase. I didn't physically change anything directly in the article I just added a section that I saw fit. As a group we collectively decided how and what we would contribute to the article. I chose any area that was not mentioned in the article and thought it would be a nice contribution to the article.