Brief Report Back: Introductory Zoom gathering Wednesday September 13th

This was our first introductory Wednesday zoom gathering and will not count as one of the 6 semimonthly gatherings. As there were two of us today, we will work on getting more womyn signed up for our next session, which will also be introductory.

Today we talked about how we handle it when a white womon leader says or does something racist – leadership that we need and valued up until that point. First we discussed the impact on white womyn, the choice or decision white womyn need to make if white womyn want to stand against racism and act in an anti-racist manner, supporting those Black and/or brown womyn who white womyn are attempting to work in solidarity with.

We talked about the superiority and inferiority charge that could potentially give us when we point the finger verses when we come from the position that all white womyn are racist, not ‘just’ this leader or prominent figure.

We discussed the especially anti-Muslim racism prevalent in Wales and the many ways and on many levels it manifests itself, as well as anti-Black and brown racism.

Especially in the feminist community, most blatantly targeting the shera Hibo Wardere from Somalia whose life’s work is the smashing of the FGM practice, which ‘liberals’ are claiming is “transphobic”, therefore not just not supporting her work, but vilianizing her.

We also talked about Cherry Smiley whose work is to end male violence, especially sexual violence and especially against Indigenous womyn.

Our next zoom gathering will be September 27th, Wednesday 9am Pacific/ noon Eastern! We’re seeking new participants!