“Identifying as a woman of colour has been crucial in my understanding of structural politics in society. But this focus hasn't changed the plantation structure, the violence against black bodies and women's bodies. When we stake our primary claim on a racial identity, that identity can be used against us, to keep us in our category, to keep us divided. When we are so divided, it appears that it is impossible to address inequality, because it looks as though we're calling for "sameness" not equality. Which is, of course, not what we want at all.” WomenPowerEqualityMinoritiesStructural RacismPeople Of ColourWomen Of Colour Book:Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging Source: Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging
“I recognized that the racialized liberalism in which I was educated--where we strive for a bigger part of some mythological pie that our fractured identities are in competition for--leaves us without a language with which to talk about inequality. It leaves black and white in perpetual opposition, a state that feeds the plantation mentality.” IdentityEqualityInequalityHierarchyMeritocracyIdentity PoliticsRacialization Book:Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging Source: Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging