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Considers the consequences of black feminist theory in the UK for the development of feminism generally. The aim of black feminism was never to oppose white feminists in general, but rather, a form of white feminism that has attempted to universalize a white perspective. Moreover, the contribution of black feminism was never simply to add the experiences & perspectives of black women to those of white women, but rather, to convince white women that their experiences are inseparable from those of black women. Racism has shaped their experience as much as it has that of black women. To move beyond this racial dichotomy, it is suggested that feminists ought to embrace a postmodernist perspective that incorporates both the deconstruction of subjectivity & the political necessity of asserting identity. This perspective may be obtained only through a great degree of self-consciousness & reflexivity, as theorists pay careful attention to the relation of utterance to action, & oppressed & oppressing classes. D. Ryfe