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		<title>Aishah Shahidah Simmons Challenges White Feminists</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've long heard the cries of Black women from Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman" to the present day cries abounding around the internet and in our community.  And yet the question still remains: "Are the voices of African American women still being ignored?"]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Were Black Women Ignored In The 2008 Presidential Primary?</h2>
<p><a href="http://theafricanamericangather.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/aishah.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-82" style="margin: 2px 4px; float: left;" title="Aishah Shahidah Simmons" src="http://theafricanamericangather.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/aishah.jpg" alt="Are Black Women Being Ignored" width="277" height="197" /></a><a title="NO! The Rape Documentary" href="http://notherapedocumentary.org" target="_blank">Aishah Shahidah Simmons</a>, award winning documentary filmmaker of <a title="NO! The Rape Documentary" href="http://notherapedocumentary.org" target="_blank">NO! The Rape Documentary</a> took a bold step last week.</p>
<p>After the fallout of the Clinton campaign and the conclusive victory of Barack Obama, many of us relished if only for a brief moment in the victory and historic moment.</p>
<p>For the first time in our country&#8217;s history, a man of African descent (once removed we might add) became the Democratic candidate for the Presidential election.</p>
<p>While this is certainly a major coup and a monumental occasion, the hows and there-to-fores of what took place during the primaries is still to be settled.</p>
<p>White feminist supporting Hilary Clinton chose sides vehemently ignoring Black women completely.  That tall linky man Barack disrespected Miss Ann, and dey wasn&#8217;t havin&#8217; it.  Completely forgetting about African American women 1st wave, 2nd wave, and 3rd wave, their language reeked of amnesia and racism as they proudly held their white feminist flag.</p>
<p>Barack was the only thing standing in the way of Hilary Clinton becoming the nominee.  Only because he was a man (and not the most qualified candidate receiving the majority popular and delegate vote) was she not getting the votes she deserved and was counting on we might add.</p>
<p>Well Simmons&#8217; had had enough.  She wrote an embracing, yet authoritative open letter to the White feminists supporting Clinton.  To read the letter in it&#8217;s entirety, check out <a title="White Feminist Open Letter" href="http://www.afrolezproductions.com/blog/feminists-must-heal-the-wounds-of-racism/" target="_blank">Simmons&#8217; blog</a>.</p>
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