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A Black Feminist Analysis of Responses to War, Racism, and Repression

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, azerai{at}uiuc.edu

Zakia Salime

Michigan State University, salime{at}msu.edu

In March 2003, the US government launched a military invasion and occupation of Iraq. This was one more phase of the US National Security Strategy doctrine that promises militarism, war, and disruption in various sovereign states. These wars abroad and the unprecedented powers of government and police agencies in the USA represent powerful intersections of patriarchal authority, racism, militarism, and elitism. Africana communities have a long history of resisting repression both directly and indirectly related to US foreign policy. Social scientists writing from a black feminist perspective have described how such mutually constructing forces of race, class, gender, and nation have influenced the lives of people of color, women, and the poor in American society and have highlighted the historical and sociological importance of resistance by these oppressed groups. Specifically, this paper addresses ways in which a black feminist analysis and praxis offer useful perspectives on activism concerning issues of peace and justice post 9—11—2001.

Key Words: black feminism • political organizing • radical politics • black politics • race • class • gender analysis • antiwar activism.

Critical Sociology, Vol. 32, No. 2-3, 501-524 (2006)
DOI: 10.1163/156916306777835286


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