6. What Slavery Engendered: An Intersectional Look at 1619
Intersectionality Matters!
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Birth Control
There's an absenteeism of race and racism within the way we tell stories about feminism, says author. Margaret Sanger was campaigning for birth control as a form of freedom for women but also joined forces with eugenicists in various ways to allow for sterilization. Even after eugenics supposedly ended, government policies supported massive sterilization of women who relied on welfare - disproportionately black women.
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