Essay On The Bluest Eye

A feminist is a person who advocates for women to be treated equally to men. The rise of feminism is very much at large. With big name personalities endorsing this equal rights movement, feminist is becoming a term for both genders. Many people would agree that feminism is just a big word for sisterhood, but what happens when some feminists excludes a certain group of women? Is that still feminism? On multiple occasions where white women are victims to sexism many people come to their rescue and we expect that. However, when a woman of color is the victim people are more likely to find a way to justify why she is being treated wrongly than to stand up for her. This type of feminism is called white feminism, in which mostly white women (women of color can also take part in this) fight for equality that revolves around the problems most white women face and fails to address the oppression of women of color and those who lack other privileges.White feminism is not feminism at all because it excludes women of color. In order to explain this idea we need go back to the beginning of feminism. We need to be aware of the many ways feminism began and how it is interpreted differently in many parts of the world. Let’s start with the creation of feminism in America first. No matter who you are or where you are
The three main characters in “The Bluest Eye”, are three young black girls. One of the three notices the white media, from Shirley shirley temple to the Mary Janes’ candy wrappers, that surrounds them. She gets irritated and angry that the only good roles models she has ever known are white. Kids of color are taught that white people are the pinnacle of the human race. White feminists do not acknowledge the lack of (good) representation people of color have and with their obliviousness it seems that white women are unintentionally convincing women of color that they are