Gender Talk
The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities
“A groundbreaking look at the controversial topic of sexism and gender politics within African American communities.”—Ebony
In the Black community, rape, violence against women, and sexual harassment are as much the legacy of slavery as is racism. In Gender Talk, Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall argue powerfully that the only way to defeat this legacy is to focus on the intersection of race and gender.
Examining why the “race problem” has become so male-centered and how this has opened a deep divide between Black women and men, the authors turn to their own lives, offering intimate accounts of their experiences as daughters, wives, and leaders. They examine pivotal moments in African American history when race and gender issues collided with explosive…
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December 30, 2003Johnnetta B. Cole is chair of the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute at Bennett College for Women and a former president of the college. She is president emerita of Spelman College and professor emerita of Anthropology, Women’s Studies, and African American Studies at Emory University. A nationally known African American feminist-intellectual, she is the author of several books, including Conversations: Straight Talk with America’s Sister President and Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities.
