Feminism is often described as a white girl's hobby. Examining this belief reveals the unfortunate reality that while feminism has benefited many groups, one group is benefiting more through overrepresentation. White women's voices are the loudest in the movement and drown out the needs and opinions of every other ethnic group. Looking back, the path that has brought feminism this far is obvious; however, the path that takes the group to a place of equality is harder to find. This essay examines the path of mainstream feminism through racial context, then explores ways to eliminate the racial and classist institutions that currently corrupt feminism. The concept of feminism began in the United States in the nineteenth century with the suffrage movement. Analyzed through the framework of race, this movement can be seen as the foundation of white feminism. White feminism is the idea that mainstream feminism is only concerned with issues that affect white, upper-middle-class women. The popular film Iron Jawed Angels, released in 2004, depicts the final years of the suffrage movement and examples of the founding of white feminism. Although some aspects of the film are invented for entertainment purposes, the scene in which Alice Paul and Ida Wells discuss the marching order for the 1913 suffrage parade is accurate. In this scene, Paul attempts to convince Wells that all ethnicities must march to the rear. Later in the film Wells defies Paul's orders by marching alongside her. These two scenes are accurate descriptions of how feminism has been organized in the past and present and how members fight against it. Paul's vision of women's suffrage, in all likelihood, concerned relatively wealthy white women. An example of this in the film is that… middle of the paper… by taking it upon themselves to actively relinquish the privileges bequeathed by these systems,… US feminists embark on the dismantling” (Elkholy, 2012) of these institutions. The only remaining confusion is in the fight “against systems of domination and exploitation” (Elkholy, 2012). Those who suffer from racism “mostly” examined would say they are fighting against these systems. However, as previously stated, these “feminists” almost never listen to the needs and concerns of those they seek to assist and, therefore, cannot adequately help. The best thing to do in these situations is to ask yourself, 'Have I listened to their stories and concerns?' and “Who will benefit?”. In fact, these are questions all feminists should ask themselves as they help a group with concerns different from their own. The paths taken may be different but our end goal, overall equality, is the same.