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The interaction of gender & other forms of inequality with racial inequality needs more debate in GB if antiracism is to succeed in coalition-building. Possibilities for advancing antiracism are illustrated by the activities of the Southall Black Sisters (SBS), founded in the mid-1970s to benefit Asian & African-Caribbean women using black feminist, antiracist, & socialist identities. Since then, the Macpherson report opened up a space in which the SBS could challenge institutional racism & push for inclusion of the experiences of black women in antiracist policies. The overlap of patriarchal oppression, institutional racism, & multicultural policies in domestic violence & immigration are discussed, using cases brought before the SBS. M. Pflum

The interaction of gender & other forms of inequality with racial inequality needs more debate in GB if antiracism is to succeed in coalition-building. Possibilities for advancing antiracism are illustrated by the activities of the Southall Black Sisters (SBS), founded in the mid-1970s to benefit Asian & African-Caribbean women using black feminist, antiracist, & socialist identities. Since then, the Macpherson report opened up a space in which the SBS could challenge institutional racism & push for inclusion of the experiences of black women in antiracist policies. The overlap of patriarchal oppression, institutional racism, & multicultural policies in domestic violence & immigration are discussed, using cases brought before the SBS. M. Pflum

A member of the Southall Black Sisters (SBS) movement since 1982 describes the movement's origins in 1979 among Asian- & African Caribbean women attempting to unite against racism in GB. The movement's early links to the civil rights, black power, & feminist movements in the US are identified, along with its current collaborations with human rights organizations. Reasons why the women of SBS decided to form their own movement rather than work through existing feminist or antiracist movements are discussed, highlighting the need to address the unique intersections of race & gender in black women's lives. Sources of support & opposition to the SBS are described, along with ways in which the movement has changed in response to these. The foci of the SBS's current activism are identified as advice, casework, advocacy, & campaigning to empower women. K. Hyatt Stewart

A member of the Southall Black Sisters (SBS) movement since 1982 describes the movement's origins in 1979 among Asian- & African Caribbean women attempting to unite against racism in GB. The movement's early links to the civil rights, black power, & feminist movements in the US are identified, along with its current collaborations with human rights organizations. Reasons why the women of SBS decided to form their own movement rather than work through existing feminist or antiracist movements are discussed, highlighting the need to address the unique intersections of race & gender in black women's lives. Sources of support & opposition to the SBS are described, along with ways in which the movement has changed in response to these. The foci of the SBS's current activism are identified as advice, casework, advocacy, & campaigning to empower women. K. Hyatt Stewart

Discusses political struggles of black activists in the UK, drawing on an analysis of several campaigns of the Southall Black Sisters (SBS) & its sister organization, Brent Asian Women's Refuge. It is suggested that these campaigns were motivated by a simple black/white dichotomy, which, while creating solidarity, also rested on inappropriate essentialisms. Personal recognition of the ambiguity & contradictions in dominant & subordinate groups was attained when Indian Hindu nationalists began to oppress Christians during the early 1990s. As a Hindu, the author at that time became both part of a subordinate group fighting for justice, & part of an oppressive group that denied justice to others. This experience pointed the way to a new kind of political strategizing that depended less on essentialisms than on an embrace of difference. Women against Fundamentalism, a women's group dedicated to fighting religious fundamentalism in the UK, is identified as a form of coalitional politics that draws its strength from diversity rather than homogeneity. 3 References. D. Ryfe