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When Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court in 1991, Black feminists were some of the only people who were willing to publicly stand with Anita Hill. They were some of the only Black people who were willing to critique Thomas publicly.
African American Women in Defense of Ourselves purchased a full pg ad in the NYTimes. Dozens of Black women signed their names to it.
Many of those Black women were sent dozens of death threats from Black men + Black women who said they “didn’t play” about protecting Black men.
Many of those Black women were sent dozens of death threats from Black men + Black women who said they “didn’t play” about protecting Black men.
You can imagine, many of those Black women academics, activists, and students, never spoke out publicly again. In protecting Black people, they were not protected by the Black community in the U.S.
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