Summary Of An End To The Neglect Of The Negro Woman

The excerpt I chose to reflect on is called “An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman!” by Claudia Jones (1949). Jones express the concerns that women of color in her time suffer from the neglect and degradation they receive throughout their lives. During this time, the reason many African American women go through the struggles in their community originated from the notion that the “bourgeoisie is fearful of the militancy of the Negro woman” (108). In my opinion, they have every right to be afraid of African American women. As Jones stated nicely "once Negro women undertake action, the militancy of the whole Negro people, and thus of the anti-imperialist coalition, is greatly enhanced" (108). All Jones was trying to say is that if women were given the opportunity take action to change their current situation there will be no stopping them from

To me this looks like another way to prevent women of color from forming uprisings. Due to the ideals portrayed by the white supremacist, as Jones stated, known as “white chauvism” it painted a horrible depiction of African American women as “‘backward ', 'inferior ', and the 'natural slaves ' of others" (112). Which played a role in the lives of the women because it prevented them from gaining job opportunities, and having economic stability. Even though men of color have suffered from the era of white supremacy, after reading this you can tell that women of color went through a lot more than their male counterparts. Women were limited in what they could achieve and some restriction even pressed to oppress them from achieving beyond what others classify