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allies

By shag carpet bomb • Dec 13th, 2008 • Category: Assimiliationist Black Nationalism, Feminist Fight Club, Identity Politics, Intersectionality, Queer, Racialization

as i’ve said before, i am not an ally. but i was just talking with a friend and it occurred to me that there are some figurations of ally that don’t ever seem to make sense — and probably aren’t really even uttered.
ally work typically comes from a critical race theory perspective, so it’s […]


racial democratic (fuck the poor) dream fulfilled by obama’s election

By shag carpet bomb • Dec 12th, 2008 • Category: Assimiliationist Black Nationalism, Class, Identity Politics, Obama, Politics, Racialization

My buddy Dwayne wrote last night to urge me to listen to Doug Henwood’s latest radio program. Here’s why Dwayne was kvelling: because the author basically gets at what I’ve called “assimilationist black nationalism” — of the sort featured in Lawrence Otis Graham’s _Our Kind of People_:
Hey, if you haven’t already done so, I recommend […]


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