1 / 9 "This Women's History Month, I Refuse to Celebrate Your Feminism," by Barbara Sotaita

In response to <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-we-need-to-talk-about-white-feminism_n_55c8ca5ce4b0f73b20ba020a">white feminism</a>, Yale Graduate student <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/barbara-sostaita-/">Barbara Sotaita</a> recently <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/this-womens-history-month-i-refuse-to-celebrate-your-feminism_b_9352370">wrote about</a> the type of all-inclusive feminism she'd like to celebrate during this Women's History Month. <br><br><i>"This Women's History Month, I refuse to celebrate a white feminism that keeps women of color on the margins. This Women's History Month, I refuse to celebrate a white feminism that alienates, subjugates and oppresses women of color. I don't want to be hear about the first Latina [insert public office title] or the first Asian [insert professional sports title]. I'm sick of women of color only being mentioned and deemed worthy when we are the "first," when we fit neatly into a box crafted by white women's version of history. We have been, are, and will always be 'exceptional' and 'important.'"</i><br><br><strong>Read <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/this-womens-history-month-i-refuse-to-celebrate-your-feminism_b_9352370" target="_blank">the full blog here.</a></strong>

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