淨化家庭或是體制改革？－貝舒對於種族問題的看法(1924-1928)

Abstract

The 'New Negro' and 'Negro Renaissance' movements both attempted to build up racial consciousness in the 1920s. Mary McLeod Bethune adopted these strategies in response to the challenges of the times, as distinct from the traditional style of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, during her term of the Director of the Board. She tried to solidify Black women's power, to encourage them to participate in politics, and to strive for civil rights through reforming the organization and establishing a National Headquarters. Bethune's efforts did not, however, gain significant support form the core of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. The key to the dispute was class. Instead of using the way of self-help to integrate into white male society, Bethune insisted on internationalizing the racial issue and helping racial solidarity on the basis of equality rather than using the standards of womanhood of the white middle class as a standard for black women's lives.