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Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hyper sexualization, along with incisive commentary on reproductive rights, politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHood Feminism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux. 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Using riveting stories about people including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseballs Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786098340016,"sku":"BKS-9780593230251","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0307\/1190\/6441\/files\/caste.jpg?v=1760108524"},{"product_id":"malcolm-little","title":"Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X*","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm X grew to be one of America most influential figures. But first, he was a boy named Malcolm Little. 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