Race, Revolution and Women

Chisholm contends that women in America must become revolutionaries. They must refuse to accept the old--the traditional roles and stereotypes. Because of the present situation the tactics for black women must be slightly different than the tactics for white women but the goal can be the same. The tactics of revolution used by the white liberal community must be, as they will be, slightly different than the tactics used by the black ghetto community but the goal can be the same. The goal, though, must be more than political freedom. It must be more than economic freedom. It must be total freedom to build a world-wide society predicated on the positive values of all human life. It must be freedom from the waste and ravages of all natural resources including human resources. Women must do more than sacrifice husbands and sons in the present Social Revolution. They must also sacrifice themselves. And for many women, black and white, those who will call first for that sacrifice will be their own sons--their own husbands.