Kendall is often unsparing and honest about issues that aren’t related to racism, pointing out that colourism among black communities predated contact with Europeans. Women of colour suffer twice, as the patriarchal state can also be racist
Kendall cites as an example the fact that concern about rape culture in the US focuses on the date rape of suburban teens, and not the much higher rate of sexual assault faced by, for instance, indigenous and Alaskan women. They seek not to eject white women from the movement, of course, but to point out how those women, because of their platforms and access, bury the needs of others. It sounds divisive (and has been accused of being so), but look closer and it’s obvious what Kendall and others mean when they identify cliques and exclusivity among white feminists. Running through Kendall’s work is the notion that “ solidarity is for white women”, the name of a campaign she started in 2013.
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