The reading “THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE STATEMENT” and the film Paris is Burning was really interesting to explore, especially when being paired together this week. Both explore racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression, in addition to featuring identity politics and how it creates radical politics. Paris is Burning was really fascinating as we got to actually see a lot of these things actively play out, and accurately portrayed the oppression of many groups of people due to their race and sexuality. “THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE STATEMENT” very directly analyzes the oppression of Black women and the role, beliefs, and practices of contemporary Black feminism, including the issues that are being faced, and even their herstory. These issues are obviously not prioritized. This made sense to me as that is also how I felt when watching Paris is Burning.