Further To Fly: Black Women And The Politics Of Empowerment,New

Further To Fly: Black Women And The Politics Of Empowerment,New

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Women's Studies/African American StudiesHow feminism has failed African American women and why they must fight back.Amid the longestrunning economic boom in American history and despite the emergence of a significant black middle class, the lot of lowincome black people in generaland black women in particularseems more troubling than ever. Their plight, Sheila RadfordHill argues in this book, is directly related to the diminution of black women's traditional power as culture bearers and community builders. A cogent critique of feminist theory and practice, Further to Fly identifies the failure of feminism to connect with the social realities it should seek to explain, in particular the decline of black women's empowerment.Further to Fly searches out the causes and effects of this decline, describing the ways in which, since the 1960s, black women have been stripped of their traditional status as agents of change in the communityand how, as a result, the black community has faltered. RadfordHill explores the shortcomings of secondwave black and white feminism, revealing how their theoretical underpinnings have had unintended (and often unacknowledged) negative consequences for black women's lives and their communities.While acknowledging that African American women have made significant contributions to the black struggle for justice in America, RadfordHill argues that more needs to be done. She combines social criticism and critical analysis to argue that black women must revive their legacy of activism and reclaim the tradition of nurturing in the black community, proposing specific tactics that can be used to revive the support networks that help determine the obligations of community members and guide how people interact on an everyday level.As a deft account of genesis and effects of black women's diminishing power, and as a sobering analysis of the devastating blunders of feminist theory and practice, this work makes a compelling argument for an 'authentic feminism,' one that aggressively connects the realities of women's experiences, needs, aspirations, and responsibilities.Sheila RadfordHill is an educator and activist whose work has centered on community, economic development, and educational policy issues. She is currently a division administrator at the Illinois State Board of Education and lives in Chicago.Translation Inquiries: University of Minnesota Press

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