Taylor on Lessons of Radical Black Feminism in the Age of Trump
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By Tasasha Henderson
Protesters chant "Black Lives Matter" as they march throughout the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday, September 23, 2016. (Photo: Jeff Siner / Charlotte Observer / TNS via Getty Images)
Forty years ago, a group of radical Black feminists who named themselves the Combahee River Collective released a statement defining their politics and describing their political work. The Combahee River Collective Statement has endured as a powerful document that clearly named the multiple oppressions that Black women faced due to their race, sex, class and sexual orientation; developed the idea of identity politics; and provided a key roadmap of the political work and organizing necessary to uproot all oppression.
Professor and author Keeanga-Yamahtta T...