The Combahee River Collective Statement

In The Combahee River Collective Statement, Zillah Eisenstein addresses intersectionality by describing how race, sex and class are interrelated and all causes of oppression. The author explains how a collection of Black feminists are fighting against heterosexual, class, racial and sexual oppression. As a Black feminist, Zillah Eisenstein sees Black feminism as a “logical political movement to combat the manifold and simultaneous oppressions that all women of color face” (Eisenstein 1).
This repression is ingrained from a young age, when black girls receive very strong subliminal messages that they are unlike the dominant culture. As adolescents, girls are treated differently than boys and taught to be silent and ladylike. In addition, black