Mistaken Identity - Race and Class in the Age of TrumpPaperback
Mistaken Identity - Race and Class in the Age of TrumpPaperback A powerful challenge to the way we understand the politics of race and the history of anti-racist struggleWhether class or race is the…
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Mistaken Identity - Race and Class in the Age of TrumpPaperback
A powerful challenge to the way we understand the politics of race and the history of anti-racist struggleWhether class or race is the more important factor in modern politics is a question right at the heart of recent history's most contentious debates. To escape this deadlock, Asad Haider turns to the rich legacies of the black freedom struggle. Among groups who should readily find common ground, there is little agreement.
It marks a retreat from the crucial passage of identity to solidarity, and from individual recognition to the collective struggle against an oppressive social structure.Weaving together autobiographical reflection, historical analysis, theoretical Drawing on the words and deeds of black revolutionary theorists, he argues that identity politics is not synonymous with anti-racism, but instead amounts to the neutralization of its movements.