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Barbara Smith

TheBarbaraSmith

1/4 I am 1 of 3 Black women who coined the term #IdentityPolitics in the #CombaheeRiverCollective Statement, 1977. @MeghanMcCain does not know what she's talking about. What we meant was that Black women have the right to determine our own political agendas, period, full stop. https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1374742912685244418

https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1374742912685244418

2/4 People of all political stripes have distorted #IdentityPolitics ever since. And why does Meghan assume that people of color and women who are not white are by definition less qualified? This is classic #WhiteSupremacy. @TheView @sunny @whoopi @LastWeekTonight @iamjohnoliver

3/4 People need to go to the source: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free
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How We Get Free

"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free." —Combahee River Collective Statement

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1108-how-we-get-free

4/4 "What Liberals Get Wrong About Identity Politics" by @mychalsmith https://newrepublic.com/article/144739/liberals-get-wrong-identity-politics @smithcaringcirc @iamjohnoliver @sunny @sarahaines

What Liberals Get Wrong About Identity Politics

Identity politics has its roots in an expansive, radical agenda. But you wouldn’t know that from its liberal critics.

https://newrepublic.com/article/144739/liberals-get-wrong-identity-politics

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