But every once and a while. . . . We worked on it. When the women's movement began, Height faced new challenges. Some women interpreted the women's movement as between a white male and a white female. They didn't recognize that they could not just work for women at the top. They had to also work for the women at the bottom.
Women of color are still disproportionately on the bottom.
For these women, there is no escape. I never shy away from racial issues, and the funny thing is, I always find there is one.