Gender Talk: The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities

“A groundbreaking look at the controversial topic of sexism and gender politics within African American communities.”—Ebony

In the Black community, rape, violence against women, and sexual harassment are as much the legacy of slavery as is racism. In Gender Talk, Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall argue powerfully that the only way to defeat this legacy is to focus on the intersection of race and gender.

Examining why the “race problem” has become so male-centered and how this h...