My identity rooted in feminism, civil rights ONT Edition

• Published in: Toronto star
• Main Author: Walter, Ingrid
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto, Ont Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited 11.03.2006
• Subjects: Black people; Civil rights; Color; Feminism; Hair; Middle class; Minority & ethnic groups; Patriarchy; Women; Canada; Jamaica

As a little girl growing up in Jamaica in the 1960s and 70s, I was fascinated by the news reports of civil rights and feminist marches across the United States broadcast on our black-and-white television set. Women of colour were standing on podiums declaring that the black female identity was somet...