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Intersectionality is a Hole. Afro-Pessimism is a Shovel. We Need to Stop Digging, Part 1 of 2
Dixon, Bruce A.
http://www.blackagendareport.com/intersectionality-hole-afro-pessimism-shovel-we-need-stop-diggingDate Written: 2018-01-25 Publisher: Black Agenda Report Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX22105 Dixon argues that intersectionality - or, rather, its interpretation by the so-called "US left" - decenters class struggle in its effort to equalize oppressions. Abstract: - Excerpt: Intersectionality pretends that class struggle and overthrowing the capitalist order and fighting for power are impractical, impossible, non-pragmatic or just secondary to gender struggles, to the plight of immigrants, to the environment, or in the case of afro-pessimism, to those permanent ankle chains, whip marks and nooses around our necks. Intersectionality calls upon the left to adjust to powerlessness and our poisoned atmosphere, not to contend for the power to change it. Subject Headings |