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I am responding to Smith’s “Introduction to Home Girls” because I am a young white woman with many African-American friends. I feel that as a non-biased individual in order to truely understand where my friends thoughts and viewpoints are coming from and being fueled by. While I already had an inclination of what some of Smith's thoughts and words would be I felt myself stangely moved by them. She was quick to denounce any myths that undermine the colored feminist movement in a way that left out the feeling of disgust or angst that I often hear in my friends voices. Smith is very sucessful in proving her thesis: Black feminism, or any feminism for that matter, is legitimate. By addressing misconceptions and providing the truth about colored feminism, she is allowing unknowing individuals a look into the real trials and tribulations in their movement. Smith tells of how