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[Charles Brown]

You may label it identity politics,but
I don't subscribe to the paradigm that
characterizes my approach as identity
politics. My name for my politics
is national liberation and self-determination politics. 
What you call ,but I don't, identity politics
in my concepts I would call self-determination
for specially oppressed national groups.
So, no I am still not into identity politics
and I disagree with the ideology or 
theory that has putforth the concept of
identity politics to describe my politics.

One aspect of the politics of 
self-determination and liberation
of specially oppressed national and
racial groups is the struggle for
unity among said groups, such
as Black People and Indians. This is
done largely based upon recognition
of the shared concern to end white
supremacy.

Pertinent to this discussion is that, yes, there
is a big difference between a white person
and an Indian
discussing Indian/Black relations, whose
an Indian, whether a Black person is
a Black.

So, correct it would be much less 
under suspicion of being arrogant or
racist if Frances were an Indian.
But no that conclusion is not 
derived from "identity politics"
in the sense that the paradigm
that analyzes things in terms of
identity politics is faulty. That
conclusion follows from the politics
of national liberation and self-determination
of specially oppressed races and peoples,
and the strategy of unity of those peoples.

Charles Brown

Detroit


>>> "K" <d-m-c at worldnet.att.net> 11/17 6:26 PM >>>


>You better be an Indian or your
>comment is kinda arrogant, racist
>even.

And it's neither arrogant nor racist if Frances is an
Indian?!  Huh?  And you say you're not into identity
politics.

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