Those on the left thanking black women might do their most transformative work by halting both their denigration and elevation of black women, opting instead to spend time carefully and thoughtfully learning from black feminists’ long tradition of imagining a better world.
Author: Jennifer Christine Nash
Jennifer C. Nash is Associate Professor of African American Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University. She is the author of "The Black Body in Ecstasy: Reading Race, Reading Pornography" and "Black Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionality." She is currently at work on a project on black motherhood in the age of Black Lives Matter.