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1. Taylor's main argument is that racism and sexism overlap and without actual systemic change Black women will continue to be unprotected. She addresses the Combahee River Collective's influence on how she learned and viewed feminism. In particular, how Black women were not included in the feminist movements. Also, she ties in how the Combahee River Collective interpreted socialism.

1a. Black feminism, socialism

2. "If lynchings, police brutality, and rat-infested housing were the best that American democracy could offer Black Americans, then how bad could communism or socialism really be?"

"We realize that the liberation of all oppressed peoples necessitates the destruction of the political-economic systems of capitalism and imperialism as well as patriarchy. We are socialists because we believe that work must be organized for the collective benefit of those who do the work and create the products, and not for the profit of the bosses. Material resources must be equally distributed among those who create these resources. We are not convinced, however, that a socialist revolution that is not also a feminist and anti-racist revolution will guarantee our liberation."

3. This piece is for the everyday audience - specifically for those that are not aware of the issue.

4. This piece connects to the previous Collins piece we read in that society suppresses Black women, and Black people in general from public thought. There is no space nor place for them to openly and safely speak on the issues that they face. The help that women of color seek is often not given to them that'll actually better the living circumstances they are in.

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1) Crenshaw's argues about how race and gender dimensions affect women of color-- how a race, or feminist focus lens won't help women of color. She also highlights the barriers which prevent/hinder women of color to escape from abusive situations
1a) white feminism (where feminism focuses only on gender and not race)
2) She cites from a brief field study of battered women's shelters located in minority communities in Los Angeles (363), interviews from women in green card marriages, statement from Senator Boren’s statement in support of the Violence Against Women Act of 1991, episode of CBS news. She also cites from a letter written to the deputy
commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services.
3) Perhaps to people who haven't included intersectionality in their research/politics/policies
4) It connects to the Combahee River Collective because that piece discussed the importance of including intersectionality and different dimensions of one's identity in order to understand their struggle and this connects to Crenshaw because she casts a wider view of the dimensions of women of color and their struggles against violence (for example economic or socio-economic, race, cultural barriers). Also, in Collins' piece also discusses sexual violence against Black women.

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1) This piece is arguing the importance of the Combahee River Collective Statement and the work of the members of the C.R.C. As Taylor writes her essay, she explains how the C.R.C. Statement centered Black women at the center of the revolution through understanding the intersection of their identities. Not only did the C.R.C. discuss the intersection of gender and race, but also incorporated class struggle and sexual orientation into their politics. Taylor concludes her writing by emphasizing the possibilities that were opened with the work of the C.R.C from the coining of the term identity politics (although misunderstood in today's politics) and the blueprint for radical coalitions for the liberation of all.

1a) Identity Politics: "the.. potentially most radical politics come directly out of our own identity" (5)

2) The C.R.C saw themselves as socialists and as part of the broader left, but they understood that no mass movement for socialism could be organized without responding to the forms of oppression experienced by Black women, Chicana women, lesbians, single mothers, and so many other groups.

3) The intended audience I believe is for everyone besides black women who are aware of their positioning in society and aware of their intersectionality already. This piece is most specifically for Black men and white women I think who pride themselves on feminism that’s still exclusive.

4) We saw a direct coordination between Crenshaw's Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality Identity Politics, and violence against Women of Color" can be used to support this piece as they both describe how white women spearheaded feminism does not have consideration for women of color, specifically, black feminists.

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1) Domestic violence is different when it comes to minority women vs white women.  For example: women who go to get shelter but are unable to recieve help because of language barrier. Silence of WOC in their abusive households. WOC worry more about what will their community think of them and sterortypes on their community, rather than considering the best decision for themselves and this prevents them from reportiing their domestic violence/abuse issues. WOC being "othered" in spaces. The abuse faced by minority women has to be filtered to be able to be digested by a white audeince/a wider audience.

1a) patriarchy= a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

2) LAPD representative did not want to release statistics because it may look specific communities look bad or violent, this is a great reason why statistics may not be widely available. 46.5% female headed families living in poverty for black women, which is almost twice as much as white female headed families at 25.4%.
The lack of consideration for non english speakers.

3) This is meant for the everyday person who is not so connected to issues faced by women of color- how the problems women face are worse for minority groups. Bring out these issues to people who are unaware.

4) This related to the Collins piece on intersectionality. "Defining Black feminist Thought"

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1) The Combahee River Collective has a bigger impact more than imagined. Specifically with Taylor's life she explains how the collective has played in her life, with explaining her mother's life, Taylor being a socialist at the age of 14, etc. The collective has a significance that is still felt today (ex: the Black Lives Matter movement). The collective stresses the importance of solving issues that are deeper than whats on the surface for instance feminism heavily focused on abortion rights whereas Black feminist focused on reproductive rights in general.
1a) patriarchy, Black liberation movement, Black feminism, capitalism, solidarity
2) “Many of the people in the Movement for Black Lives absolutely acknowledge that they are inspired by the politics of the Combahee River Collective and by the feminism of women of color, not just Black women.”
"The Combahee Statement was anything but divisive. It celebrated the possibilities of a political coalition born out of solidarity among groups who recognized the need to be engaged in struggle."
"“But the question for me is: What’s next? How do we mobilize all of this energy and actually bring about fundamental political, social, and economic change?”
"Many things have changed since the publication of the document, but many have not, and therein lies the problem that continues to pull people into the streets."
3) members of Black social justice movements, Black females
4) Regarding the Ortner the piece, he explains how the secondary status of women it is much more complex then pinpointing it in regards of systems or social institutions. For instance, you can't generalize that all women feel oppressed : Black women experience a different degree of oppression than white woman

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1)    What is the piece arguing? How is it intervening? (This should be the bulk of your conversation)
1a) Is it offering any key terms? If so, how are they defined?

2)    How is the piece arguing it? (What evidence is offered)

3)    To whom is the piece arguing? (Who is it’s intended audience)

4)    How can it be put productively put in conversation with other pieces you have read this week or in other weeks of the course?*

*for the shorter pieces, please spend a good amount of your discussion time considering connections!