Post 9

I believe the entry “- But I Know You, American Woman” by Judit Moschkovich is important because it highlights a problem within feminism from some of its white feminists. I think it is important because it shows how feminism for some white women doesn’t mean fighting for all but instead fighting for the sole purpose of white women not recognizing their privilege rather than all women of different backgrounds and cultures to fight for what should be equal. “If  I hold on to my Latin culture I am holding on to hateful patriarchal constructs. Meanwhile, the Anglo woman who deals with the world in her Anglo way, with her Anglo culture, is being “perfectly feminist”. This quote highlights how some white women are so quick to dismiss women of color as “traitors” for their cultures as if theirs was any better and completely ignoring their privilege in calling others out while not all women have the privilege of doing so and having people listen to what you have to say. I think this poem relates to the other poems because it discusses how not all women are equal even within their community of women, so we have to discuss how this could possibly contradict what we as women are fighting for when we fail to listen to one another. How could our movement be strong if not all women are given a platform to fight along with us?