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In the huffpost blog “Too Latina To Be Black, Too Black To Be Latina” I had a few friends growing up who were Latina but were lighter skin, their hair the same as this article describes. Cardi B has also made a whole ten-slide Instagram post basically confirming these interactions. This stands true in “The Power of Identity Politics” Identity politics is a intersectional way of oppression. We take the Latin woman for instance, skin tones vary, hair texture and looks. When you have your own community questioning why you’re not the same and may even treat you badly than someone that looks more like them, that is oppression.

 Within identity politics we learn that we can take our own personal experiences, try to place ourselves in the shoes of those with familiarities and learn to fight together not against. I remember in class I was speaking on Identity politics in sexwork. A stripper and a cam girl are both sexworkers, the cam girl thinks shes better than the stripper because shes not physically touching clients. This then turns one against the other leading to judgements and oppressions against the same line of work. I feel this is the same kind of identity politics as the Latina article, why do we give them the power to influence of feelings toward our own. We see it in movies, music and even in reading. What is more desirable or more acceptable for society. That is what “power” meant in Garza’s book. The power is the oppressor, the definition of oppression is the power over an individual or group. She makes the point of using our own personal politic to better and defeat the power.