The Ethnic Transference of Feminist Thought Involving Colonialism: A Metacognitive Examination of Multi-Cultural Learning

Shu-Chen Tsai^*

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2015.31011                

Abstract

An Asian female immigrant to Canada contemplates how Black African feminist concepts are useful in understanding her own feminist history in another racial setting in a different part of the world. Her multi-cultural learning experience yields parallels between Black African feminist thought and her own ethnic cultural experience, prompts ideas about how feminists of all “shades” may achieve greater strength through recognition of commonalities, and creates questions for future research areas of her Asian cultural experience which may be informed and better understood through the insights of Black African feminist thought.

Keywords

Black Feminist Thought, Colonialism, Multi-Cultural Learning, East Asian Feminism, Black Canadian Feminism, Black African Feminism, Black Women

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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