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To further to conversation of disruption, the rationale toward this anthology was contrived by the misrecognition of black women in connection with the abundance of representation from the white public and adjacent to the patriarchy, black men. Toni Morrison advances the subject of exclusivity of black women in her novel Sula: “When I think of how essentially alone black women have been – alone because of our bodies, over which we have had so little control; alone because the damage done to our men has prevented their closeness and protection; and alone because we have had no one to tell us stories about ourselves. […] Because of these writers, there are more models of how it is possible for us to live, there are more choices for black women to make, and there is a larger space in the universe for us” (Morrison, Sula). Morrison’s decision to end her monologue by addressing the ‘possible’ space black women can take, can make for themselves, drives my reasoning for these pieces – this anthology. The lack of representation for women of color, can be examined in legislative roles, social justice movements, STEM environments, leadership positions, and healthcare equity and when restated the intersection of social constructs puts them as “victims of racial oppression, sex discrimination, and class stratification” (OJP)
Amanda Rae 