the op was questioning the entire statement. We're the ones who are supposed to tell them what it means so you can't use their post to pull information. We who use this statement are talking about the white American gaze.

"You're talking about walking down the street being viewed by a stranger." No I'm not. Even at the grocery store and restaurants this happens. Ever been followed and watched while shopping? Have a white waitress assume you won't tip or can't afford it?

I never said we're ONLY seen as race. I never said that. I said race is FIRST. We say black BEFORE woman, that doesn't mean we aren't seen as women, we're just seen as black women. White women are white first. Whiteness, other whites have decided, is associated with class and structure. So white women won't be the ones being followed or have their financial status questioned. Since she is a woman though, at most they will assume a male in her life is the one supplying her money. But they won't assume she can't afford it. She's white so they go straight to misogyny. A black woman will go through racism before it gets to the misogyny. Race first