Dream About "Women's Rights"

Had a dream last night. I'm a visual person, so I'm going to make some images that summarize the point that was made because it was an important one. 

In the dream I was shown the equivalent of this image: 

What it meant was, the Women's Rights Movement up until now has been by and or White Women. 

If you were a black woman from 1900s-1970s/80s, you're first concern as a HUMAN was how you would be treated as a Black Person. Black women could be raped and murdered and little could be done to receive justice. As a woman, you weren't signaled out by gender as much as race. Where a white woman would not have been harmed, a black woman could have been. 

If you were a lesbian, transgender woman from 1900s-1980s (and more realistically Present Day), your first concern as a HUMAN was how you would be treated as a LGBT Person. Where a straight white woman would not have been a harmed a lesbian woman could be harmed with little to no justice being done afterwards. You're LGBT status discated your rights or lack there-of. 

Then within the Civil Rights Movement, there was sexism. Few if any women can historically be named that were a part of the movement, even though women's involvement was just as essential. You have maybe 5 women mentioned or known. Most of history looks to the men that led. And this isn't because women couldn't lead, but because they had less ACCESS to leading. 

Same tends to go for LGBT. Lesbians were considered an afterthought. Transwomen and Lesbians and other Women within the LGBT community fought for rights, but men still tended to be the organizers and leaders. This is pretty ironic given Marsha P. Johnson in particular. 

So as a black woman or an LGBT woman, you WERE fighting for women's rights -but it had to start in your own community first. Otherwise you'd be marginalized in a marginalized group -even though you comprise 50% of the group. 

Meanwhile, white women could organize and seek legitimate influence from within the much larger White community. Since again they comprised 50% of that group, they would inevitably achieve a good portion of their goal. But at no point did they turn and then start to support Civil Rights, Gay Rights, and so on. Even now there are issues. You have this dilemma: 

If you were a black lesbian woman, you were screwed. In the LGBT community you could often find racism. In the black community you could often find anti-LGBT sentiment. 

If you were a white woman who was transgender, you could also find issues. 

Up until now, people haven't been Intersectional in their thinking. 

A black woman said on Twitter, "Why do I and other black people have to support gay people? They're wrong and I don't think they should have their rights..." 

A black woman said on Instragram, "I've tried being a part of the "feminist" movement, but called the N-Word and was told I don't belong by white women. When I tried bringing up black issues in that space, white women told me to shut up." 

A man said in Washington, "Despite our richness in both social and advocacy LGBTQ groups, there remains an air of segregation many have either grown accustomed to or continue to justify rather than addressing head on. The call to address Black and Brown issues within the LGBTQ community will only get louder, and I hope LGBTQ organizations at the local and national level begin to reflect the needs of people living at the intersection of multiple societally marginalized identities.”

At the end of the day, we shouldn't be "choosing" which human beings are human. Which American citizens should be guaranteed their rights and freedoms. Which souls are loved by God as beloved souls of God. 

What the dream showed me is that Women's Rights have never FULLY been won. Members of the women's community have been excluded on the basis of race, LGBT status, nationality, religion... either because they have been fighting for rights within those groups and/or because white women who achieved power never extended it to other women (either unconsciously or consciously).