Social Conditions That Spur Large Numbers Of

To Maintain Their Power, Dominant Groups Create And Maintain A Popular System Of 'commonsense' Ideas That Support Their Right To Rule. In The United States, Hegemonic Ideologies Concerning Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality, And Nation Are Often So Pervasive That It Is Difficult To Conceptualize Alternatives To Them, Let Alone Ways Of Resisting The Social Practices That They Justify.

Challenging Power Structures From The Inside, Working The Cracks Within The System, However, Requires Learning To Speak Multiple Languages Of Power Convincingly.

That Which Commands Admiration In The White Woman Only Hastens The Degradation Of The Female Slave.

The Potential Significance Of Black Feminist Thought Goes Far Beyond Demonstrating That African-american Women Can Be Theorists. Like Black Feminist Practice, Which It Reflects And Which It Seeks To Foster, Black Feminist Thought Can Create A Collective Identity Among African-american Women About The Dimensions Of A Black Women's Standpoint. Through The Process Of Rearticulating, Black Feminist Thought Can Offer African-american Women A Different View Of Ourselves And Our Worlds

I Suggest That Black Feminist Thought Consists Of Specialised Knowledge Created By African-american Women Which Clarifies A Standpoint Of And For Black Women. In Other Words, Black Feminist Thought Encompasses Theoretical Interpretations Of Black Women's Reality By Those Who Live It.