Wrong Era

Can I get a Witness? Testimony from a Hip Hop Feminist written by Shani Jamila. The writer an African American begins off with stating that she feels like she should have been born in the sixties during fighting for her rights alongside the Panthers. From what I gather from her writing she actually grew up closer to the 80s and was on the higher end of income. She expresses what it was like growing up among white families and how they would put down other kids just like her and then expressing that she is different. It is as if she is different because her family can afford for her to do different things such as Girl Scouts. She studied about her own people to learn more she went even deeper than the most common African American’s that we hear about like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X. She studied at an all women campus where gender was often the topic of talk. She struggled whether she should be more of an activist for her race or her gender. At the end of her chapter she expresses that she has come to know that for a really long time people have been struggling with discriminations whether it is race related or sexism related. Then again at the end she expresses how she should have been born in the sixties.

#60s #80s #discrimination #activist