The Connection Between Pop Culture & Black Feminist Thought

 

 

     Feminism is the support for social, economic, and political equality between all men and women. Thus, Black Feminism, as defined by Patricia Hill Collins, involves “women who theorize the experiences and ideas shared by ordinary black women that provide a unique angle of vision on self, community, and society" Collins later defines “Black Feminist Thought” as “Black women's emerging power as agents of knowledge.” (Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment) She insists that in order to change the consciousness of the individual and to create social transformation, we must obtain an important asset – knowledge. However, the idea of black feminism for black youths has greatly been fashioned by popular culture (pop culture) as it influences a person’s definition of self, black consciousness, and feminist consciousness, and is a powerful means of expression. Unfortunately, most pop culture reduces black women to overtly sexual and immoral beings. These ideas have been propagated on television, movies, and music, and by people outside and inside of the community.