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A majority of my reflection is coming from the article Learning from the Outsider Within; The Sociological Significance of Black feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins. Being a woman of color, the part that stuck out the most to me was in the beginning passage where the writer writes; "I describe and explore the sociological significance of three characteristic themes in such thought (1) Black women's self-definition and self-valuation; (2) the interlocking nature of oppression; and (3) the importance of Afro-American women'c culture." This summed up is self, family, and society and they are each interpreted.

Also menitoned in the passage is how black women were used to cook, clean, and perform other domestic duties for the 'white' household back in the day. Though the obvious insider, black women were often called part of the "family" by the family they were working for. Something that I never considered when studying this particular subject in past classes was the fact that 'white people' did not have the advantage over Blacks basef only on money and intellect, but racism was the determining factor.

Another part that caught my attention were the meanings of Self-Definiton and Self-Valuation. Bothe reek of importance to black feminist. According to the article, self-definition involves challenging the political knowledge-validation process that has resulted in externally-defined, stereotypical images of Afro-American womanhood. Self-valuation stresses the content of Black women's self-definitions---namely, replacing externally-derived images with authentic Black female images.