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SURMOUNTING A LEGACY:

The Expansion of Racial Diversity in a Local Anti-Rape Movement

NANCY A. MATTHEWS

University of California, Los Angeles

Historical dynamics around feminism, race, and rape discouraged extensive early Black involvement in anti-rape work in the United States. In Los Angeles, concern among women of color in the movement and a state initiative to fund poorly served areas converged to produce two new Black rape crisis centers in the mid-1980s. Ironically, state funding, an otherwise conservative influence on the anti-rape movement, has facilitated the progressive goal of expanding racial and ethnic diversity in the Los Angeles anti-rape movement. Racially homogeneous organizations contributed more to diversifying the movement than integration within organizations. Despite differences in political perspective, women from older feminist groups and the new community-oriented centers now successfully work in coalition.

Gender & Society, Vol. 3, No. 4, 518-532 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/089124389003004009
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