Black Radical Feminist: Shirley Chisholm And Angela Davis

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African Americans and women have both had to struggle through obstacles to be treated equal as white men, but being an African American women meant there was going to be even more obstacles. Black Radical Feminist such as Shirley Chisholm and Angela Davis both had shared the same ideals of women gaining better job opportunity and speaking out on their oppression.

Shirley Chisholm did not understand why is was acceptable for women to be secretaries, librarians, and teachers, but not acceptable for them to be managers, administrators, doctors and lawyers. She knew there was a prejudice assumption that women do not have the executive ability orderly minds, stability, leadership skills, and they are too emotional. She believed to help stop these prejudice assumptions that women need to stand up and be

Clarence Thomas was the second African American to serve in the supreme court. Michael Steele was the first African American to serve as a chairperson of the Republican National Committee. Two of their issues that they promoted as conservatives were African Americans looking at help of the government for support instead of individual help. While also having the issue of their not being enough African American conservatives.

Michael Steele believed there were two principles that would aid any American, individual rights and action. Every individual has the human right to better themselves with no intervention from the state, unless needed to maintain order. And every individual who seeks to better their life has the ability to change their life through individual action. His issue is that African Americans are waiting to get help from the government instead of trying to gain self-help. He believed a person’s moral compass, not the mandates of the government must dictate a person’s individual action to gaining a better