CMNS 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10-2: Africana Womanism, Nina Simone, Africana Studies
13 Mar 2017
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Don"t let me be misunderstood : nina simone"s africana womanism (jasmine a. mena and p. khalil saucier) More specifically, the radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s provided the context for. Black women to build and establish organizations that provided spaces for the critique of capitalism, racism, and the sex/gender system (also known as white capitalist patriarchy). In other words, a standpoint cannot be claimed, rather it must be achieved because it arises not just from material life but from reflection on that experience; from political engagement with it, by working for it. For bell hooks (1990), developing a standpoint requires three steps. First, women must break their silence about domination and oppression. Second, developing a standpoint requires developing self-reflexive speech, that is, speech that addresses the multiple forms of oppression experience. The third and final step is talking back; the movement from object to subject- the liberated voice .
