Awa Thiam's Arguement Against the Statement “Rape is to Women what Lynching is to Blacks”

Awa Thiam speaks on the topic of the daughters of black Africa trying to find themselves. She also states the comparison of the black women struggle with the European women. Thiam is arguing the point that the European feminist imposed the false argument “Rape is to women what lynching is to Blacks” (Thiam 114). Women in the text suffered from double domination and double enslavement by the colonial phallocratic. Thiam explains the false consciousness of the black women as well. The goal for the women is to achieve total independence, to call man bluff and all alienating influences.
The European view point of exploitation of women in Europe compared to the African American women shows an inaccurate judgment. If rape is to women compared to the raping of black, then what is raping and lynching to the African American female? This is a paradox which Thiam explained. Indirectly European feminist Kate Miller is referring to white women being raped has her concern. Fighting for liberation of women, the black women is forgotten and also denied in this case. Thiam states during the colonial period African women suffered a double domination and enslavement. The black women were visualized as a sexual stratification to be abused sexually and through hard labor.
Moreover, black African, Afro-African and Caribbean women were all the same in the sexual eyes of their white master. Women had struggle for economic and political independence. Also, women struggle for the respect and jobs to be equal for them as men. They are sought out to be part of the tradition task that was forced upon them such as, being a servant, child bearer, and housekeeper. Women have suffered a great deal after colonialism more than men. They were faced with white racis...

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...age. The goal of liberation is to envision self and then frees you.
Awa text does not only speak of the false argument in the matter of defending white women being raped compared to black being lynched. She defends the Feminist movement overall. Unlike the European feminist, Awa acknowledges the fact that women are being treated unfairly by men and the system. The claim that the European feminist weighs only for the white females, Awa is addressing the fact that she cares about the humanity of all females, especially the black female that has been raped and lynched. Steve also addresses the fact that you do not have to be of an African decent to have black consciousness. If one is aware of the dehumanizing and unfair treat socially, educational, health wise and political amongst the black and is willing to contribute to the stop has black consciousness.