Against Capitalism
To The Best Of Our Knowledge
00:00
Did You Make Trouble?
Nancy got her doctorate in philosophy in the 1970s. Nancy was alarmed by the direction mainstream liberal white feminism was headed and she began writing about the dangers of identity politics. Her main point is that when radical movements stop focusing on the redistribution of wealth and power and get caught up in identity based politics, things generally go badly. She sees the same mistake playing out today in the arena of anti-racism and the critique of whiteness and white fragility.
Play episode from 41:23
Transcript
