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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s “The Poetics of Difference”
05 Jan 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Erica R. Edwards’ “The Other Side of Terror”
08 Sep 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Erica R. Edwards.
Marian Jones
What Are Identity Politics? A Vision of Solidarity Rooted in Black Feminism
10 Mar 2021
The CRC never defined identity politics as exclusionary or intended to mean that only those who experience a certain oppression can fight to end it.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Feminism Informed by “Sensuous Knowledge”
11 Jan 2021
Because of historical exclusion, “Black women’s social and political desires have always had to be shaped outside of the dogmatic and the normative – inside of the liminal, the fugitive and the ima
Linda Burnham
The Activist Roots of Black Feminist Theory
06 Jan 2021
Intersection theory insists on the simultaneity of condition, the both/and of Black women’s oppression.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Lasting Legacy of Combahee River Collective Statement
26 May 2020
In 1977 a group of Black feminists issued a statement that “has been a kind of touchstone over the decades for women who are thinking about women’s issues through the intersectional lens of racism,
Erica Caines
Unpacking The Super Exploitation of Black Women
30 Oct 2019
The liberal misinterpretation of identity politics, that favors progressive neoliberals, has dismissed the innate radicalism of a workers centered Black feminism.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Cheryl R. Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata, and Akosua Adomako Ampofo’s “Transatlantic Feminisms”
28 Aug 2019
It is critical for Black feminists to be passionately involved in creating a global community of voices.