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A review by itsmeamethyst
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
5.0
"As Demita Frazier says, the point of talking about Combahee is not to be nostalgic; rather, we talk about it because Black women are still not free."
Listened to the audiobook and immediately wanted to re-read the physical book to be able to highlight and absorb the information in another way. First learned about the Combahee River Collective through [b:Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019|54998251|Four Hundred Souls A Community History of African America, 1619-2019|Ibram X. Kendi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1600089396l/54998251._SY75_.jpg|85778194] and wish it was taught in schools. The collective was active from 1974 to 1980. In their statement (1977), they wrote, "Above all else, Our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's may because of our need as human persons for autonomy...We reject pedestals, queenhood, and walking ten paces behind. To be recognized as human, levelly human, is enough."
Grateful for Black feminism and how they have learned from global movements and inspired current and future activists.
Listened to the audiobook and immediately wanted to re-read the physical book to be able to highlight and absorb the information in another way. First learned about the Combahee River Collective through [b:Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019|54998251|Four Hundred Souls A Community History of African America, 1619-2019|Ibram X. Kendi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1600089396l/54998251._SY75_.jpg|85778194] and wish it was taught in schools. The collective was active from 1974 to 1980. In their statement (1977), they wrote, "Above all else, Our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else's may because of our need as human persons for autonomy...We reject pedestals, queenhood, and walking ten paces behind. To be recognized as human, levelly human, is enough."
Grateful for Black feminism and how they have learned from global movements and inspired current and future activists.