Month: December 2024

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Black Women Call a Recess – Part 2 Black women political organizers are calling a timeout. “The presidential election proved black women are on our own,” declared Michelle Duster, author and public historian. Duster continued, “If we’re to believe the presidential election results, the majority of non-black people who voted in the United States have spoken loud and … [Read more…]

Black Women Call a Recess

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After Trump was declared the winner over Vice President Kamala Harris, many politically engaged black women said they were so dismayed by the outcome that they were reassessing—but not wholly abandoning—their enthusiasm for electoral politics and movement organizing. In January 2018, the then-president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, called on white women to do more … [Read more…]