The dark side of feminism | Tommy J Curry

Tommy Curry discusses the racist beginnings and legacies of our feminist movement.
Can today's feminism free itself from its past?
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Feminism has been instrumental in addressing the plight of women around the world. But few know of its dark side, and many are uncomfortable exploring some of its troubled history. Join pioneering philosopher of race, Tommy Curry, as he argues that feminism has been tarnished by racist ideology and explains how we can create a more inclusive world for all.
#feminism #race #liberalism
Tommy Curry is a philosophy professor at Edinburgh University where he holds a Personal Chair in Africana Philosophy and Black Male studies. His research focuses on Africana Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Anti-Colonialism, Black Male Studies, and Public Health.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 The practice of ethnology
02:57 Balancing male and female natures
04:00 Savage men as the problem
06:25 Male and female roles
08:10 Black male suffrage
10:48 The home and white women
12:45 Man-mothers
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[@thecollector6746]

Shout out to all the YT people in this reply section flailing about, desperately resorting to ad hominem, and his "sentence structure" because they can't actually refute the veracity of his assertions as they are back up by actual empiricism.

[@hjones4922]

I'm not sure textual analysis counts as "empiricism"? It's philosophical research and debate, sure, but ultimately it's opinions about other people's opinions.

[@soccergoal4090]

Well said Dr Tommy.

[@cbbcbb6803]

What about other places and times where men seem to care about and love their families?

[@Ben9362]

I hope the IAI will soon be facilitating a talk on the misogynist side of anti-racism but I shan't be holding my breath.

[@letssgo1921]

Lmao hilarious

[@thecollector6746]

Cry harder Pink-Toes as you ironically prove Dr. Curry's point.

[@PrestigeWorldwideNAM]

Well done.

[@williamh.gatesiii8183]

Thank you for talking about this!!!

[@Papadidas]

All he’s doing is going over undeniable history there plenty of books and studies on this. By many other authors besides Dr.Curry. He’s just the most popular and is pretty good at his craft to say the least. Just read and you’ll see he’s not making things up.

[@paulkohler6816]

AIA has great content, but their pay walling the rest of it really sucks.

[@Rg-es9kv]

important area for discussion!

[@jsnadrian]

in 100 years, people will look back at Curry's arguments with the same disdain he has for the ideas of 100 years ago. they'll probably be seen as extensions of one another.

[@Xcalator35]

Could you explain and elaborate on that please? Thanks.

[@aclark903]

With respect- you don’t know what will happen tomorrow, let alone 100 years from now.

[@letssgo1921]

Lmao nonsense

[@brudamo9203]

Capitalism or death. What a small minded concept

[@leeFbeatz]

✊

[@abstractnonsense3253]

🙄

[@hayleyvaneykeren]

2:55 Am I misunderstanding her writing or does this woman implicitly state “I DO NOT WISH to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal?” How the hell are you going to misquote and underline her work like that? edit : 2:53

[@Blvck_6]

Go read the book. It talks about how white women were active participants in the slave trade (not by standers or victims of “patriarchy that they like to claim). The book also debunks the narrative that white women were at the mercies of their husbands. Throughout the book there are numerous cases of white women requiring prenups and post nuptials before getting married (which their husbands agreed to). It also debunk the myth that only wealthy white people had slaves (middle class women owned 10 or less)

[@antiyttrad]

He didnt misquote anything, weak

[@xc.b3075]

😮‍💨

[@hayleyvaneykeren]

@@Blvck_6im talking about this exact sentence though? if this if such a strong argument there are surely better quotes that dont sound as contradictory edit: by no means am I trying to defend her, its this exact quote that doesn’t seem to line up with this statement

[@hayleyvaneykeren]

@@antiyttrad how so? read the whole sentence and listen to what he says about it, from my perspective he’s cherry picking

[@Trea-pl4xr]

Give me a break....jfc.

[@thecollector6746]

Cry harder as you all but openly admit you can't refute a word he has said.

[@richardoldfield6714]

Yet another example of stupidly trying to judge people (in this case women) of past eras by today's standards. Shall we therefore also similarly judge the many African kingdoms and leaders who were - at that time - complicit in the slave trade?

[@antiyttrad]

So by this logic you dont judge nazis either right?

[@richardoldfield6714]

@@antiyttrad The actions of Nazi Germany are rather more recent than those of slave-owners prior to the American Civil War. Moreover, I didn't say 'don't judge' - instead I implied that we should't judge exclusively by applying today's standards .

[@tmfuentes7]

@@richardoldfield6714 Why do you even jump to that conclusion? Who is "judging exclusively by applying today's standards? Are they with us in this room?

[@richardoldfield6714]

@@tmfuentes7 When the video calls slave-owning women 'feminists', it's pretty obvious that there's a modern-day anti-feminist agenda in play. The plain fact is that the actions and roles of women who did own slaves were not framed as 'feminists' at the time, and nor are they framed in that way by feminists today. 19th century feminism was about things like getting the right to vote - not about some supposed right to own slaves just like men.

[@xc.b3075]

@@richardoldfield6714 🤦‍♂️