The NARAL's refusal to become involved in the fight against David Duke's Nazi-esque efforts to demonstrates and reinforces the ideas of poor blacks (especially women) as "untouchables" --a true undercaste. Involving or advocating for this group is seen as politically detrimental or detracting from a larger issue.

This IS the larger issue though. Attempts to mainstream or make policy more palatable by appealing to a more conservative, white audience will always keep poor blacks on the periphery. I am frankly disgusted with the racial apathy that has existed in the feminist movement. As Wise notes, racism, classism and sexism intersect constantly (140). To isolate one form of oppression is to be dishonest.

There has been sexism in the fight for racial equality, and racism in the struggle for women's rights. According to Wise's account, there is a fair amount of classism in the feminist movement as well. I would argue that classism and racism are the most closely associated forms of oppression, because we are trained to view black as synonymous with poor, and vice versa.