Are you familiar with the history of feminism?<p>First wave and second wave of feminism were both coopted by upper middle class white women. Third wave, the current one, pays some attention to intersectionality, but mainstream feminism doesn&#x27;t challenge the status quo enough. That&#x27;s why there is backlash against Sheryl Sandberg&#x27;s Lean In.<p>A quote from the wiki page: &quot;Black feminism is a school of thought which argues that sexism, class oppression, gender identity and racism are inextricably bound together&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Black_feminism" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Black_feminism</a><p>However, people on HN bring up class to derail conversation about race and gender, but that&#x27;s a different can of worms.