Chattel slavery was built in part on Black women who were raped, treated as breeding cows, and separated from their children. It *included* sexism. And when slavery ended, do you know who didn't have the vote, even theoretically? Women. Do you know who was still "owned" by fathers and husbands? 1/

You know who was also raped...Black Men, a little concept & technique used in slavery called Breaking the Buck. Again, if you are going to compare let's do all of it. It was bad for BLACK ppl during chattel slavery no matter the sex.

I didn't say Black men didn't suffer under chattel slavery. I said sexism was built into the structure of chattel slavery.

Racism was STILL primary focus and reason for slavery. Seriously?!?! You're joking right?

My argument is not that sexism is more important than racism. My argument is that the two are inextricably bound. There was never a world where racism happened, and sexism didn't. They have always been paired weapons. /end

I have friends sexually abused by family members and told not to report because they would put another Black man in prison. Can you remove sexism from that equation? Black women lost jobs this year at a far higher rate than any other group. Can you remove sexism from that equation? 4/

It's called intersectionality. A term coined by Kimberle' Crenshaw. That means that Racism was exacerbated when adding Sexism not that Sexism is worse. The fact that BLACK women were targeted, and not other races of women means their race was a primary factor. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interse...

I didn't say sexism is *worse.* I said it is inextricable. Which, by the way, is what intersectionality refers to. It doesn't argue that one is more important than the other. It argues that all identities intersect, and compound. You know, like my original point.

Yes, the main factor of her research (if you look it up) was she as an attorney looked at how Blk folks were treated and how much worse it got when other/additional identities were in play. Again race riots when did this happen 2 just women of all races? It was all Blk folks. Redlining..Blk folk

Until 1974, married women didn't have the ability to have their own credit card. Today, women make less pn the dollar than men, are more likely to live in poverty, *once again* do not have the right to an abortion, and continue to be the primary target of domestic abuse and sexual assault. 3/

All those rights did not happen for Black ppl until AFTER WW had rights. Like we couldn't even vote and WW OWNED slaves. Like I just can't...

First of all, facts: Black men got the right to vote - and did vote - during Reconstruction. Black women did not get the right to vote until 1920. Second of all, why is it you conflate sexism with "things that happened to white women." I am not giving them special status as women. You are. 1/

Do you know who couldn't own property, didn't have the right to their own wages, didn't have the right to an abortion or a divorce? Women. Until very recently, marriage *was* slavery because your husband had full control of your body, finances, and life choices. That includes Black women. 2/

And WW discriminated against Black folks collectively INCLUDING Black women. Sexism depending on race could & does have more rights. Name one all Women town that was destroyed because they were Women? I can name 100 race riots that went through the 1920s some kicked off by WW tears.

1) Why are you conflating "women" and "sexism" with "white women." 2) Do you really think it's hard to find historical examples of women living under systemic sexism? Women who died at their husbands' hands? Who bore 11 children because they were denied control of their bodies?

Because Sexism can happen to ANY woman. Why are you conflating Racism; when Black women who endure both ... with Sexism?? Your personal feelings don't equate to what history has noted. Oscarville, Rosewood, Tulsa wasn't attacked & destroyed due to Sexism it was Racism. Period.

I didn't claim Tulsa was attacked because of sexism. I said * Black women were denied the right to their bodies as women. Black women earn less than men - including Black men.

Black men earn less than White Women... Racism over Sexism again

White women are raped more often than Black men. Does thay mean sexism matters more than racism? Of course not

Sexism isn't just a personal experience. Like racism, it is built into the law and culture. Naming it doesn't negate or take away from the experiences of Black men, and I'm not sure why you seem to think it does.

I don't know why you would egregiously try to attempt with all the history at your fingertips attempt to assume any amount of Sexism could trump the Transatlantic Slave Trade snd centuries of Harm.

I am not downplaying the transatlantic slave trade or racism. I am saying that sexism is harmful, pervasive, has affected centuries of women, and is legitimate to name and call out.

Women whose uteruses were removed w/out their consent? Women who were shunned for having sex out of wedlock? Women who were left in poverty because they had no way to earn a living wage? Women who were raped by husbands and had no legal recourse *until the 1980s?*

All of that happened to Black folks and systemically. Not one time did entire groups of women living in a town get killed and flooded over or destroyed in mass. Not. One. Time.

The number of women who were killed in history for being loose, who died in childbirth because they weren't allowed to say "No, I don't want children," who died at their husbands hands is not a small number. Deaths and harms don't have to be congregated in a single village or city to be systemic.

When that number hits 6 - 150 million let me know... aka Transatlantic Slave Trade

Under your logic, we don't have a problem with police brutality because Tamir Rice died in a different city than George Floyd.

No my logic is that they died due to Racism!

I feel like you're pretending I said racism doesn't exist. Or that I said sexism is worse than racism. Or that slavery was about sexism. What I have said is that sexism is real and serious. And if you don't feel its real and serious, then I guess you don't gotta worry about.

And the women who died at their husbands' hands? Or who were forced to give birth because they had no right to birth control? Or were raped and had no recourse because a man could not legally rape his wife? My point is that people experiences harm in many ways, not just towns being burned down.