(1977) The Combahee River Collective Statement and  Paris is Burning introduced me to identity politics and interlocking opression. I never considered the separation of communities when it comes to activism and it’s impact. Identity politics is a huge factor in halted progression in America. Instead of fighting as a combined effort for freedom and liberation, people are just advocating for themselves and personal community, almost competing with one another. And interlocking oppression’s association with identity politics. Many people face opression whether it’s because of their race, gender, sexuality, or class. Interlocking oppression is when someone faces multiple or all of these aspects of opression. Identity politics involves comunities fighting for their personal shared opressions. It was intresting to learn about these concepts and how they impact our society.