Women Of Color Speak Out Against The Whitewashing Of Reproductive Justice

Article originally appeared in Elle on July 9th, 2020.

Recently, the New York Times published a feature about the racial and generational divide in the reproductive health and justice movements. The article focused on the ways in which Black and Brown women and non-binary people are excluded from prevailing narratives around the fight to protect Roe while ignoring the very urgent and intersecting issues that affect their lives. I was one of the women interviewed and after the piece was published, I found that much of the backlash was defensive; many people painted me and the young women of color interviewed as out of touch with the feminist movement, instead of embracing the opportunity in intersectional approaches