“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.” This quote means that there still exists hope for women, and especially black women, to revolutionize into a world where they can be free. The author of this quote is realistic, although pessimistic about where black women are positioned in the political society. Black women are at the bottom in the capitalistic economy. However, the quote encourages feminists and black women to take advantage of that position and take action or fight for the position they believe they deserve. Consequently, the second sentence of the quote means by the time black women are liberated, then that means that everyone else under the oppression of the system will be liberated by then. Black women are at the very bottom such that they are not a priority to be accorded their freedom, and when they become free, then it means everyone else would have been freed based on their position, and all systems of oppression will have been destroyed.

By identity politics, the Combahee River collective means that everyone thinks that political agendas are only radical if they are based upon the identity of the people. This is done with total disregard for what other people, especially those who are not of the same identity, are going through, including oppression. It should be enough that, for instance, all women are recognized as humans, and oppression of black women is ended irrespective of their identity based on race. Identity politics can be seen operating in Paris is Burning such that despite the performers being good artists, they are often socially shunned mainly because they identify as part of the transgender community. Their identity based on their sexuality is used to create an agenda such that they have a community that provides them with a sense of support, while at the same time, they flourish irrespective of what the larger society thinks of them.

Race and gender are intertwined with capitalism. Race because of the oppression of black men and other minority groups by the majority such that in the capitalist economy, black men are exploited by the majority for profits. Material resources being one of the major means of production are also not equally distributed for all based on race, hence capitalism. Gender, on the other hand, has to do with capitalism due to the inequalities between the two sexes and sexism against women. Black women, for instance, not only face sexism from the majority of whites but also from their fellow black men. Capitalism aims at increasing the profits of the few controlling the means of production privately. Gender plays a critical role such that women have been considered the weak gender and are denied the opportunity to lead such an economy to reap the benefits and profits despite being part of the labor force. Therefore, race and gender have something to do with capitalism because they are both factors that enhance inequality, which is also a situation in which capitalism thrives.