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Black Feminism & the Moment for Black Lives

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I learned many things from watching this panel about black feminism that I wasn't aware of before. I have heard of feminism, but never considered that there was a specific approach to feminism for different races. I looked it up, and black feminism is talking about feminist issues, but specifically those that deal with African American and black women. Charlene, Barbara, and Reina are the hosts of the podcast. They discussed such important things that are currently taking place in our society. The panel reflected on the ways that Black Feminism shapes and informs the current struggles and successes we all see on an everyday basis. I appreciated that in the beginning of the podcast, a women introduced the three of them not by just saying their name, but also giving some background knowledge about them. I thought this was helpful, because for people like myself who didn't know who they were, it was a very good opening to see who they are, what organizations they founded or were a