Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> Realistically, though, a large number of men won't stand up for
> women's right to abortion unless women do, just as straights won't
> stand up for GLBT people's rights unless GLBT people do, the able-
> bodied won't stand up for the disabled's rights unless the disabled
> do, whites won't stand up for Blacks' rights unless Blacks do, etc.,
> at least not in substantial enough numbers to shift politics.
Absolutely. But note how often the second step never gets taken: to go beyond the identity-as-dividing-wall position. And, if you don't, that identity becomes a political dead end. Because ultimately the project of emancipation includes everyone or it includes no one.
Joanna