The discussion and theorizing about Black teen motherhood has ...

[roselinechinyere27m]

The discussion and theorizing about Black teen motherhood has been politicized and is
  based on stereotypes and narrowly focused viewpoints.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Explain what the author means by shifting the center.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Loise Hard]

Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Collins suggests that feminist theories of motherhood are incomplete, and do not explain
all mothering conditions across race, class and gender. She further suggests that feminist
theories of power structure is a hidden factor which causes theories of mothering to
address only one perspective, that of white middle class women. The restricted
perspective and resulting theory rises from the fact that most feminist theoreticians are
white and middle class, complete with their own unrecognized biases. One group's
theory, she says, cannot be substituted for another. The experiences of all women are
important, not just those of ethnic or women of color. Divergent experiences must be
reconciled into the commonalities of Mother work, mothering, before a generalizable
theory of mothering can be devised. Shifting the center simply means to allow the lens of
theory to include all women, whatever class, race, system structure or age.