In this regard, one interesting connection is the Internet. While I do not have sufficient time to explore the Internet, some of the sites that deal with African-American women s issues are interesting. In particular, the Million Woman March scheduled for Philadelphia on Oct. 25 would be very difficult to organize through traditional media. To me, electronic resources have potential. One issue that confronts people today who want to generate alternative knowledge is distribution.
Film is an especially powerful medium, especially in reaching people who have been denied literacy.
You mention your daughter Valerie in the acknowledgments to Black Feminist Thought . When I wrote Black Feminist Thought , this was neither assumed nor encouraged. At one point, college campuses were so racially polarized that you had to pick either race or gender you were in the black student alliance or the feminist collective. Fortunately, those kinds of stark choices have faded somewhat, and I see more risk-taking on the part of students in general. I also am optimistic to see the continued good faith efforts expended by many white North American feminists in the academy.