A Black Male Recalls A Failed Partnership With White Feminists.

An article in The Nation, Feminism's Toxic Twitter Wars [February 17, 2014] reminded one black man of his first attempt to become a partner in the white feminist movement. In the late 1970s a group of white female teachers at a Suburban Southern College formed a committee to study and propose solutions to women's issues at the college. To help validate their committee, they requested the campus President to appoint someone from his administrative council to serve as a liaison for their committee. In his appeal to the council, the president asked for a volunteer. After a long awkward silence,... Read more →