Navigating a 'Crooked Room': Reflections From Black Women on Their Experiences in Progressive Spaces

[Tuesday Afternoon]

55. I saw it and seems to me that I have experienced all of that as a white woman

and yes, I have had other women say there were "scared" of me ... because I am tall and assertive and am not afraid to speak my mind.
I do understand about how FDR made concessions and it was a point where black women fell behind in wage earning. I understand that black women (men, too) rightly feel that whites have made it on the backs of blacks physical labor. This was one reason I thought that art piece (chair, do you remember it?) was a powerful statement/analogy metaphor for what has happened historically with the white woman/black woman dynamic. It was crude and offensive but, it had truth to it as an art piece.

I have to say, bravenak, I did not understand what make some black women mad about PA's comments but, I do respect your right to your anger and your feelings. I only hope that from one human to another human that we can all respect the fact that PA is also human and did not intentionally mean to offend any woman black or white. I hope that those black women who were offended can accept her apology in the spirit it was intended and let us ALL WOMEN move forward to attain the equal wages deserve. BTW, not one black (or white, for that matter) mentioned PA at work this week. Not that I heard, anyway -- we all take breaks at different times so, I could have missed it.