![]() ![]() The author stresses the need for a deconstruction and reconceptualization of the existing theoretical frameworks of feminist studies that is inclusive of Black Feminist thought. Black Feminist Thought provides a synthesis of a body of knowledge that is crucial to putting in perspective the situation of Black Women and their place in the overall struggle to reduce and eliminate gender, race, and class inequalities. Collins suggests that it is because of this advantage that African American women develop a distinct perspective of the world that allows them to clearly view the contradictions that plague our society, especially in the university setting. ![]() She discusses the epistemic advantage obtained through the experiences of Black women in the United States in which she refers to as the outsider-within perspective. Part 3 Black feminism and epistemology: towards an Afrocentric feminism epistemology knowlege, consciousness, and the poitics of empowerment. ![]() Collins provides a detailed account of the origins and development of Black Feminist thought and its’ lack of consideration within higher education and general daily discourse. The first chapter of Collins’ text describes the three dimensions that compromise the structure of female African American intellectuals’ suppression: exploitation of labor, political exclusion, and the socially constructed ideology of the Black woman. ![]() Black feminist thought knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment ![]()
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