Activating a Thought Leader In Me

The Freedom Charter As adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on 26 June 1955  We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of all the people; that our people have been robbed of their birthright to land, liberty and peace by a form of government founded on injustice and inequality; that our country will never be prosperous or free until all our people live in brotherhood, enjoying equal rights and opportunities; that only a democratic state, based on the will of all the people, can secure to all their birthright without distinction of colour, race, sex or belief; And therefore, we, the people of South Africa, black and white together equals, countrymen and brothers adopt this Freedom Charter; And we pledge ourselves to strive together, sparing neither stren...

The feminist movement seems to have so many deferent sub-movements that it may seem to someone who is not fully aware of what feminism is, there is a split within the feminist movement itself , a lack of cohesiveness.  The term black feminist has been used by many African women from all over the world. A question of why they would want to define themselves as black feminist, not referring just to there skin colour but rather to their ideologies of the feminist movement, they argue that sexism, class oppression and racism go hand in hand.   The African population, that includes African American, African European, Afro Brazilian etc.. or “black” women have a bigger fight then their white counterpart.  Alice Walker wrote this definition of feminism in her book, Feminist Theory, From Margin To Center (2000):  “ Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any particular race or class of wome...