Editing Alice Walker (section)

=== Feminist advocacy ===
Walker's idea of feminist advocacy emerged in her work, ''[[In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens]]'', specifically in the essay, ''[[In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens#:~:text="If the Present Looks Like,and darker skinned black women.|If the Present Looked Like the Past, what would the future Look Like?]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Alice |title=If the Present Looks Like the Past |date=1966}}</ref> In her piece, she reflects on the modern injustices and historical oppression of the feminist movement. She also touches upon the need for compassion, empathy and awareness on behalf of Black women to overcome the past atrocities such as slavery and colonialism. In the end, the essay provides both a critique on the Black feminist movement and a call to action for readers to liberate themselves from discrimination.