“I declared myself a womanist when I realized that white women’s feminism really didn’t speak to my needs as the daughter of a black, single, domestic worker. I felt that, historically, white women were working hard to liberate themselves from housework and childcare, while women of color got stuck cleaning their kitchens and raising their babies. When I realized that feminism largely liberated white women at the economic and social expense of women of color, I knew I was fundamentally unable to call myself a feminist” (Taigi Smith).   Woman of color experience a different and more intense kind of oppression than that of white women. There are forms of feminism that strive to overcome sexism and class oppression, but ignore race and discriminate against woman through racial bias. Womanism argues that sexism, class oppression, and racism are inextricably bound together color (Womanism – Bibliography). A black woman is expected to put her race before her sex by black men, and their sex before race by mainstream feminism. There is a difference between being a white feminist and being a part of white feminism. A white feminist simply means, you are white and you are a feminist. Being a part of white feminism means you are following a white-centric feminism that ignores the specialized issues of women of color. Not just women of color, but disabled women, non-conforming women, and trans women as well. White feminism is non-inclusive, racist, and holds some aspect of the patriarchy as well. They have silenced WoC and disregard intersectionality, the sexualization of black females, the importance of cultural identity, and black stereotypes. Feminism began as a movement constructed by western white women, who were restricted to domestic life. They wanted to challenge the notion that a women’s place was in the home and nowhere else. Women wanted to show that they could be successful outside of the kitchen as professionals and th