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A Black Feminist's View of the Clinton Affair



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A Black Feminist's View of the Clinton Affair

The article on which these questions and answers are based on is "Feminists and Black Leaders Need to Stop Defending Clinton" by Barbara Ransby (September 1998). "Barbara Ransby is an assistant professor of African-American studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "

  1. What is Ransby's argument against Clinton? Is it that she believes that this is about sexuality? Or is it that she believes this is about power?

  2. What is Ransby's complaint about the way Clinton has treated Black women?

  3. What is the argument that Ransby makes about the public and the private sphere?



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