We learn something different from each woman Alicia Garza, Aleichia Williams and Gloria Anzaldua. Identity politics has become a punching bag of liberals and conservatives alike. Identity politics, particularly the “identity” part can help shape our understanding of the problems marginalized people face. It is an inevitable stage that we must pass through in our journey towards universal human rights. It is an immutable characteristic, one that could be changed, but which no one should be required to change. I believe all women deserve to be powerful, every day we confront things that we believe we have no control over. Honestly, I’m not sure what I would like to learn more about, politics is mind boggling, but I will say as a black African American woman I would like to gain knowledge of more women empowerment, working collectively to resolve these issues, how to understand these new terms that surround the LGBTQ community and continue to educate myself on these political issues that we do face even if it does give me a headache.
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Hey I’tanshia, very well stated I like that you want to learn more about the new terms surrounded around the LGBTQ community, I would like to learn the same. This class has already taught me a couple of terms I was not clear on so learning more of that would be helpful to me and my clarity.
Hello I’tanish, thank you for sharing. I also do think women deserve to be powerful as well because of what us women confront everyday that we don’t have control over. Especially some of the privileges that are taken away from women in today’s society.
Yes, it is good to see these different stories to see how identity politics is needed. Not everyone fits into one category or policy, and there is a time and place where people need to fight for themselves. I agree that the term identity politics has been hijacked a bit by the current topics about gender identity, so I was confused when we started reading in week 10 about it.