The following quote “We might use our position at the bottom to make a clear leap into revolutionary action. If black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.” I would say that the meaning behind this quote is that black women are victims of oppression in any form. Could be addressing racism in the white women’s movement and the non-hierarchical distribution of power within this group of people. If black women were free, everyone would be free because that would mean all systems of oppression have been destroyed. 

The Combahee River collective mean by “identity politics” is how politics is shaped by people’s identity, in the reading says. “We believe that the most profound and potentially the most radical politics come directly out of our own identity, as opposed to working to end somebody else’s oppression” as well “we realize that the only people who care enough about us to work consistently for our liberation are us”. I can kind of see this operating in Paris is burning in how we see how members of the subculture use positive means of expression rather than violence, although they are ironically targets of discriminatory violence. See the discrimination against colored and trans people. The people in the film are almost being shown as objects. Overall showing how the characters deal with issues such as aids, racism, poverty, violence, and homophobia. 

Race and gender have to do with capitalism in that in some way capitalism is divided up into different social classes. Capitalism is an example of being unfair and classifying people into different categories. That being said, certain races and genders are disadvantaged and do not have the same rights as others. since racial and gender discrimination are all linked to capitalism there would be no capitalism without some type of oppression.