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Early Socialist Movements and Exclusion
- Early socialist movements in the US excluded women, reflecting a hostile environment.
- Black women's concerns were often overlooked by white suffragists and socialists.
Lucy Parsons' View
- Lucy Parsons, an anarchist and socialist, viewed race and sex issues as capitalist distractions.
- She believed that these issues divide the working class.
Anti-Rape Laws and Black Women
- Early anti-rape laws protected men's property rather than women.
- The disproportionate targeting of Black men further fueled Black women's distrust.