The quote “We might use our position at the bottom to make a clear leap into revolutionary action.  If black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.” signifies that black women lie at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy. The termination of black women’s oppression would rid all other systems of oppression, simply because the oppression of black women is the precedent to those systems. The Combahee River Collective is a group of black women that fight for the realization of black women’s oppression as much different than that of white women. It details how oppression exists for black women, much differently than that of white women’s and made society question the women’s movement, as it was not completely inclusive of all women but instead related to the suffrage of white women and their issues of inequality when compared to their male, white counterparts. The Combahee River Collective states ‘the most profound and potentially most radical politics come directly out of our own identity, as opposed to working to end somebody else’s oppression.’” In other words, identity politics is fighting to end our own oppression, instead of someone else’s, and realizing that that oppression is an effect or experience of the politics put in place by societal structures. You can see this operating in Paris is Burning throughout the entire film, as the actors as Black and Latinx queer, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals that fight against these forces that are trying to negate their identities and force them to be something else. Capitalism is related to race and gender because it creates inequalities and exposes men and women to new ideas in the outside world. Capitalist development allows women to work outside of the home, as well as inside as that is a notion that we cannot seem to terminate, yet subjects them to things such as unequal pay, workplace discrimination, etc. It generates inequalities in race as well, as in capitalist environments white men are at the top of the socioeconomic hierarchy as the individuals who make the most money and minorities are most likely working/lower class and tend to be poorer and take government aid and things of that sort. Capitalist economies also create competition between individuals of different races and genders as “success” is measured by the wealth that one obtains and refers to such a relentless, hardworking individual making loads of money — possibly through the acquisition of multiple businesses, a stellar job after attending school for 10-12 years for the highest job title possible, etc.