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Feminism is defined as an organized activity on

behalf of women?s rights and interests. To me,

this statement encompasses all women; regardless

of race, class, ethnicity, sexual preference, age

or religion. While I agree that these factors do

influence and shape a woman?s individual

experiences, I believe that women everywhere are

oppressed just for being biologically different

than males. In Feminist Frontiers, it is stated

that ?women everywhere suffer restrictions,

oppression, and discrimination because they are

living in patriarchal societies? (1). Why then,

are many feminists centered on these factors? I

believe that in order for there to be a successful

women?s liberation movement, all women, regardless

of race, class, etc., must come together in order

to achieve equality.

In reaction to the Million Man March orchestrated

by Farrakhan, Joan Morgan states, ??moved by the

awesome sight of so many black men of different

classes and sexual orientations gathered together

peacefully for the sole purpose of bettering

themselves? (51). If African-American men of

different classes and sexual preferences can

congregate to demonstrate a common goal, then why

can?t women seem to do this? If black men, ?the

one group in this country most likely to murder

each other?(Morgan, 51) can manage to show a

unified front, then why can?t ?feminists? seem to

get past class and race for the betterment of all

females?

Pharr seems to agree with this, asserting that

racism has been one of the major causes of the

failure of the women?s movement to make permanent
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