This essay provides a detailed analysis of an article in feminist theory: Ann Russo. 1991. We Cannot Live without Our Lives, in Chandra T. Mohanty et al. (eds) Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. This essay critically evaluates the arguments raised by Russo concerning feminism and race, and the conflicted/conflicting role of white feminists in developing a feminist theory. 7 pgs. 1 source.