This week the two readings were both very helpful in bringing me to a clearer understanding of identity politics. In the short reading “Too, Latina to be Black, Too Black to Be Latina” the writer is explaining her race crisis and how she had a hard time figuring out where she truly fit in when struggling with figuring out whom she truly identified with. Her struggle with “Identity Politics” came from coming from a melting pot of cultures to a segregated one. In the reading “The Power of Identity Politics” Garza explains in depth what we would be doing by falling into the narrative of not seeing each other as black or white and just as humans. When in-fact we are not just humans. My take away and understanding from all of this is we cannot get rid of- or down play identity politics, because societies general identity overall is not one that is a shared culture or experience, for minorities of any kind or group outside the white culture experience in life. We all identify differently and connect to different cultures and races our experiences with and in-life are not the same. The playing field is not equal for all of us, and to just say let’s view it as such is exactly why it will continue to be this way, unless we make a change. The notion is black women are making a separate movement for no reason when the belief is we should all be fighting for the same oppressions. However, we have not shared the same oppressions to do such a thing. There have been movements that have liberated black and white men as well as white women but never has anyone advocated for the black woman except the black women. There is a power in the voice of opposition to the societal norms generated by lies and oppression of those in power and ignoring or getting rid of identity politics gets rid of the possible power that can be obtained to gain true equal power amongst everyone. 

I would like to learn more about Capitalism. I want to learn more about the entities involved and just how deep it goes. These are essentially the people in power profiting off of our struggle.