In Alicia Garza’s 2020 book “The Power of Identity Politics” you can see how she focuses more on what “identity politics” really is. It talks about how it comes from the same civil rights that could be seen in the article we saw last week from “Combahee River Collective” where they see how women of color fight for the same rights that every woman needs. I also feel like political identity is based on being able to give a name to all those experiences of people who are not cisgender, white or because of their sexual orientation. Identity politics is being able to let people know how they should be defined and how this has not been possible to state in any country. I feel that these readings broadened my knowledge of identity politics due to the fact that they are necessary things to be able to accept and respect each person in the country. It is very sad the fact of the story about the woman and the man, about how he classifies by how I saw it lightly the “race” of the person instead of saying a compliment correctly. Since, it’s not fair to say that you want to see more black people in the movie, because I feel like it’s an unnecessary comment, maybe, to refer to or emphasize a person’s race (and this is contradictory since when we talk about the racism we refer the people who is being racist “whites” or just by their races). In reading Williams, “Too Latina To Be Black, Too Black To Be Latina” it is very sad to know the fact that they always say that the United States is a country of diversity, where you can be accepted without any complications, but Williams tells us his story, where it is totally the opposite of what it should be. The same is connected with political identity, because many times people are not cataloged by their correct label and only labeled by the way they look.
I would like to explore a little more about mixed cultures, the truth is that this week’s articles were very informative for me and at the same time I was able to connect a lot. So I would like to be able to find out more about this and the different stories of people.
Hey Food, thanks for sharing. I agree that there is diversity in the United States, but you are judged based on how you look. Identity Politics focus on one side of the problem and not overall. Women should stand up for all women and not one side or race, and speaking up about the issue would help inform where the injustice lies.
I like what you stated ‘ the United States is a country of diversity, where you can be accepted without any complications”. The united states seems to be preach you can be whatever you want to be , freedom etc.
However it should read “You can be whatever you want but in order to be successful you have to fit this mold then good luck. I agree woman should stand up for all woman but then that would require people to look past their obvious differences and i don’t think people are ready to do that yet