Combahee River Collective: The Combahee River Collective Statement

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"This focusing on our own oppression is embodied in the concept of identity politics. We believe that the most profound and potentially most radical politics come directly from our own identity, as opposed to working to end somebody else's oppression. In the case of Black women, this is a particularly repugnant, dangerous, threatening, and therefore revolutionary concept because it is obvious from looking at the political movements that have preceded us that anyone is more worthy of liberation than ourselves. We reject pedestals, queenhood, and walking ten paces behind. To be recognized as human, levelly human, is enough." 05: Contemporary? Manifestos! Softcover, perfect-bound, risograph, 44 pages, 4.5 inches x 6.5 inches, English, Gato Negro Ediciones, 2017. Show more