Confronting the “Elite Capture” of Identity Politics in Our Movement Spaces
Movement Memos
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The Only Native Person in the Room
I want to be clear that I am not saying identity does not matter. In some organizing spaces where groups are underrepresented, identity or trauma can sometimes be leveraged as a kind of veto power. Elite capture exists among marginalized people and it also exists among people who won't stop screaming about identity politics. And the dynamics that those people are demanding are rarely good either. We need to find better ways forward.
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