This is a guest post by Renee.
Hello everyone, this is Renee from Womanist Musings. Last month was the first edition of the WOC and Ally blog carnival. I started this is an effort to bring attention to the great work that WOC and allies are doing to deal with the various ways in which race interacts with the isms. Recently there has been a lot of conversation about tokenism regarding our work and I feel that this devalues the efforts and strides that we have made to broaden the conversation.
Each month, like all other carnivals it will feature a great set of links and highlight one post I feel that is particularly relevant to our struggle to make our voices heard. At this time I am asking for any and all submissions either written by WOC or written from an ally stance.
Race is a very serious issue and we cannot hope to combat it unless we start having the hard conversations. Sometimes it may make us uncomfortable and sometimes it may make us angry but these are hard truths. It is my hope that this carnival will grow and flourish enabling us to dissect the issues from multiple positions.
Please submit any and all submissions here. I can also be reached via e-mail at womanistmusings at gmail.com to answer any questions. Thanks for your time.
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Am really looking forward to this … discussing how to, as feminists (especially white ones) supportive of people of color and anti-racism is critical.
Introspection and self-criticism is what’s allowed feminism to develop as it has … it’s not a step forward to advance the status of white women at the expense of unconsciously – yet preventably – marginalizing women & men of color. To avoid this discussion is to devitalize the movement. Personally, I find, as difficult as it can be, this process to be satisfying and even stimulating … and I hope my fellow white feminists discover the same!
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