The Emergence of Black Feminist Consciousness - The Black woman
             confronts two basic and enormous struggles on account of her skin color:
             white supremacy and male superiority. These preset conditions she is born
             into, lives through and vastly endeavors to shape and interpret a
             The Black church is that environment, which presents itself as the
             most viable for the Black woman's consciousness. Since the 17th century,
             Black slave communities took sole and secret recourse and refuge in it.
             Black men and women expressed themselves freely as Christians within this
             church and within its confine she develops a religious consciousness
             (Cannon 2004). The communities took solace in the sovereignty of an
             omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient God and in His word. In their prayer
             meetings and services, passages from the Bible gave them courage and a
             Through the ravages of the two World Wars and unbroken racial
             persecution and prejudice, the Black woman has been constantly facing the
             scourge of the need to survive. The Korean and Vietnam wars, federal
             government programs, civil rights movements and voter-education programs
             all had indelible impact upon her consciousness. The Bible is her only
             source of hope through these overwhelming disasters. Through it, she is
             able to do away with the stereotypes set upon her race and upon her gender.
             The Jesus she reads and hears about from Scriptures looks at her soul, not
             her skin color, and provides her the necessary soul for liberation
             Comments - Learning about the hard struggle of Black women for their
             true meaning and essence as God's creatures is very illuminating. If they
             can discard the irrelevance of their skin color from their own
             consciousness that would be a signal accomplishment for the "inferior" race
             and "inferior" gender suffered by at least half of humanity.
             Feminist Consciousness and the Interpretation of Scripture...