Read the following excerpt from the Combahee River Collective Statement (1977):
"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression."
Which of the following statements best describes the primary goal of the Combahee River Collective as expressed in this excerpt?
- AAchieving gender equality for women within existing legal structures without addressing racial or economic systems.
- Dismantling all interlocking forms of oppression to ensure the liberation of all marginalized groups.Cevap
- CSeparating Black women's activism from struggles against class-based or racial oppression.
- DPrioritizing the demands of mainstream white feminist organizations over local community issues.
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Dismantling all interlocking forms of oppression to ensure the liberation of all marginalized groups.
The correct answer is correct because the Combahee River Collective argued that because Black women stand at the intersection of race, gender, class, and sexual oppression, their liberation requires dismantling all of these systems. Since these systems are interlocking, freeing Black women would necessitate the eradication of oppression for all people.
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