14 Tweets From #YesALLWhiteWomen, The Hashtag Feminists Need To See
Because if this conversation isn't about intersectionality, then we aren't really talking about progress.
#YesALLWhiteWomen because the gains of "women" in the workplace came as white women relied on low-paid WOC to pick up the domestic slack.
— Amadi (@amaditalks) May 27, 2014
Because domestic violence against Native women are amongst the highest in the country #YesAllWomen #YesALLWhiteWomen pic.twitter.com/z5wdxg1B1T
— v. (@bo_bessa) May 28, 2014
Audre Lorde: “the intransigent racism that white women too often fail to, or cannot, address in themselves." #YesALLWhiteWomen
— Septembre Anderson (@SeptembreA) May 28, 2014
#YesALLWhiteWomen because this feminist movement can't lack intersectionality like before. We need to understand each other to work together
— Erin Shannon (@Erin_R_Shannon) May 27, 2014
#YesALLWhiteWomen bc the wage gap for WoC is far worse than WW. Between 55-64 cents less than men. http://t.co/fr7VY6Mwdc via @blackvoices
— Alicia (@sweetcoaster) May 26, 2014
#YesALLWhiteWomen only WW can argue that we need to create unity and a sisterhood to fight patriarchy but not racism, colonialism, etc.
— Naomi (@kwetoday) May 26, 2014
Black women experience domestic violence at a rate 35% higher than white women. #YesALLWhiteWomen should know these stats if they're allies
— Black Paula Deen (@Capolavoro_) May 26, 2014
#YesALLWhiteWomen benefited from the knowledge gained by performing medical experiments on Black & Indigenous Women without their consent.
— Mx Whoreticulture (@ClangingBells) May 26, 2014
Mainstream social movements often exclude #WoC and only rise in prominence when whites are victimized. #YesALLWhiteWomen
— Jenn M. Jackson (@JennMJack) May 26, 2014
THERE ARE MEANINGFUL STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES among women's experiences–doesn't make YOUR experience invalid. #yesallwomen #yesallwhitewomen
— jacqui shine (@DearSplenda) May 26, 2014
If you understand that #yesallwomen is not attacking men, then understand #yesallwhitewomen is not an attack either. Educate yourself.
— Megan Miller (@Pyrosynthesis) May 26, 2014
The struggles of Marissa, CeCe, and Shanesha revealed how our gender justice struggles are linked. #YesALLWhiteWomen #CisGaze
— LavenderKitchenSink (@lkscollective) May 26, 2014
#yesallwhitewomen need to realise that even as the white patriarchy objectifies and treats them like property it "protects" them from moc.
— #saveabrother // 伟源 (@lanjiaowei) May 26, 2014
Ignorant men reacting to #YesAllWomen = ignorant women reacting to #YesAllWhiteWomen it's uncomfortable to face your own privilege.
— Amelia (@PayMyRant) May 26, 2014
