Combahee River Collective
The Combahee River Collective was an American group that helped shape the discourse on multiple oppression from the standpoint of black lesbian feminists . It was founded in Boston in 1974 .
Founder was Barbara Smith , who also gave the name. The group was named after the Combahee River , on which 750 black slaves were freed in 1863 under the leadership of Harriet Tubman .
The group advocated the strategy of strategic essentialism , which allowed them to pursue multiple identity politics. They called for a discussion of racism in the US feminist movement .
The Combahee River Collective coined the term identity politics . According to the collective's manifesto of April 1977, identity politics is the best means of combating “racial, sexual, heterosexual and class oppression” and their multiple overlaps
literature
- Combahee River Collective (1982): A Black Feminist Statement. In: Hull, Gloria T .; Scott, Patricia Bell; Smith, Barbara (eds): But Some of Us Are Brave. Black Women's Studies. Old Westbury, 13-22.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lea Susemichel and Jens Kastner: Left identity politics. Particular interests versus social responsibility? , Deutschlandfunk , February 10, 2019.
- ^ Jürgen Martschukat : Hegemonic identity politics as a "decisive form of politics" in the USA. A story of the present . In: From Politics and Contemporary History 38–39 / 2018, Federal Agency for Civic Education .