What characteristics has America used to define its view of what or who is a minority? Underprivileged, lower class or poor. As people change over time, the language they use also changes, so the term minority can no longer refer to a group of people based on race, religion, or ethnicity. The following hopes to define and explain that due to the sensitive development of a young country, being a minority has expanded and now includes people based on their gender, sexual orientation and affiliation . In today's America, where being politically incorrect is almost a crime in itself, it is important to clarify the meaning of the terminology used to define a topic or group of people. We will seek to express what it means to be a minority from a black feminist perspective according to well-known African American musical performers in the United States. Unfortunately, being a black feminist in the United States is not a good start. The difficulty of being African American in the United States is no secret, but the difficulty of being a woman is even greater. American schools preach the importance of the civil rights movement, figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., and the fight for the human right to self-representation. Yet blacks are not the only oppressed minority group. What makes black feminism or third-wave feminism unique is that discrimination is often done through means of class, race, ethnicity, or religious association. Yet in black feminism, according to the Combahee River Collective, “…it is difficult to separate race and class from sexual oppression because in our lives they are most often experienced simultaneously” (Kirk, Okazawa-Rey , 29). Knowing that being a black feminist is almost double the struggle...... middle of paper ......observed by Adichie. She states in the previously mentioned Beyoncé song Flawless: "Feminism, a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes." By her definition, feminism is not a woman, a minority, or an oppressed female group; rather, it is the support of a single person who believes that equality is not discriminatory. From the beginning, the mission was to bring some of the most successful black female artists to a fireside chat with third-wave feminism, to see how they got along in a discussion on the topic. A historical discussion of what the role of black women is and should be in society. It seems that the natural understanding of being a minority under patriarchy intensifies what it means to stand up for what you believe. The answer is simple: be treated equally, regardless of the worldview that enters the discussion..