Black Women's ways of knowing

As we began to discuss the topic of "black women's ways of know," I suggested that black women have ways of knowing things through observed knowledge. Observed knowledge is knowledge that is learned or obtained through the act of watching/listening to others and one's surroundings. For example, I believe black women during slavery represent this form of knowledge perfectly. Through each generation, slave women watched their daughters, granddaughters etc. grow up under a form of bondage that they were "use to." On the other hand, the generations that were growing up were "privileged" so to speak to watch the sufferings of the older women who lived before them. In the process, they were able to carefully observe their master, mistress, and their children which allowed them to gain knowledge as it relates to how they operated and how they handled their slaves under specific circumstances. Nevertheless, black women have obtained in intensive amount of knowledge through diligent observations.