3. Education is not race or culture neutral
From kindergarten to the university level, the Western education system is designed to teach students of all races to value and propagate the interest and culture of Western European people. Professor of Black Studies Dr. Leonard Jeffries said in a 1991 speech at the Empire State Black Arts and Cultural Festival in Albany, New York, “I think we have to understand that although we like to think of education as race-neutral and politically neutral, education is a part of racism.”
In other words, the Western education system is a participating and supporting institution within the broader system of global white supremacy.
4. Black feminist ideology is based on fantasy
It is a fantasy because it does not deal with the reality of how Black women became second-class citizens in the world.
Contrary to popular belief, prior to the Arab and Western European enslavement of African people, most African women lived in matriarchal societies where women’s power and influence was institutionalized.
Faro Z tells Liberator Magazine,
“Did the Black woman first start being abused by white supremacy in the 60’s? The Harlem Renaissance? No. It was when the first African woman lost her husband to slavery. Then, they came back for her. Then, they came back for her children. Then, they came back for the rest of her family. Black women are abused in this European society because Black men are powerless in this European society.”
The oppression of Black women historically and contemporary is not based primarily on gender, but rather on race. Today, both white men and women benefit from the abuse and dehumanization of Black women and Black men across the globe.
