Patricia Hill Feminism

The aspect of intersection in black feminist tradition critiques of patriarchy and enhances social and political aspects in numerous ways besides contributing to the struggle for justice. Intersection refers to how oppressive systems are interconnected and cannot be handled separately. One cannot study the oppression of black women on the basis of their gender and race alone but is compelled to study other contributing factors. It is almost impossible to tackle the issue of sexism without mentioning racism because these two are intertwined.
The black female feminist figure of my focus is Patricia Hill Collins, born in 1948 and famed for her book ‘Black Feminist Thought.’ and ‘On Intellectual Activism’. She is currently a respectable professor

One of these images is: Welfare recipients (Rollins 899). These are African-American women who lack a means of livelihood and are not willing to be submissive to the black men as husbands because of the oppression in terms of being expected to be stay-at-home mums and carry out the normal chores hence forsaking their personal dreams and ambitions to progress in their careers. Some elite white men take advantage of these women by offering financial assistance but go ahead to manipulate and oppress them. Patricia Hill demystifies this image created of African-American single mothers by showing that these women have a right to chase their dreams and have the capability and capacity to live their dream in terms of career-path without having to depend on a man for their well-being (Collins 16). Through intellectual activism that she promoted through her campaigns that involved written books, talks and public lectures most African-American women that had begun living as recipients have been assisted to self-actualization. This is how social change has taken place in relation to intersection aspect of black feminist

This is because most of them were caught between bearing the good “mammy” image put upon them while working for the elite white men’s homesteads or settle for the bad “black mother” position if they agreed to be subject in the matriarch as they faced pressure to cater for the children single-handedly (Collins 15). This problem has been experienced by very many families under black matriarchy as the mothers spend most hours of the day at their workplace as compared to doing their womanly responsibilities that are traditionally set. Most of the children brought up by these mothers end up performing poorly academically and may experience moral decay due to lack of supervision and someone to look up to in terms of mentorship. Furthermore, some of these African-American women are said to be excessively aggressive hence emasculating their male partners causing them to be deserted as most men are hesitant to tie the knot with such ladies. At the end of it all, such mothers are stigmatized by society as failures as they fail to live up to the standards set by the elite white man of a submissive, industrious servant. This is image of a black matriarch, which Patricia Hill Collins out rightly opposes, back then therefore emerged as a red-light to warn even white women who failed to corporate to the rule of submission. Intersectionality is observed here. One’s