"The most general statement of our politics at the present time would be that we are actively committed to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression, and analyze that our particular task is the development of integrated analysis and practice based upon the fact that the major systems of oppression are interlocking."
— Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977
Based on this excerpt, which of the following statements best describes the primary analytical contribution of the Combahee River Collective to the study of systemic inequality?
- AThe belief that gender-based oppression is the primary, universal struggle that must be resolved prior to addressing racial or class divisions.
- BThe claim that Black women should focus exclusively on racial discrimination within civil rights organizations and leave gender advocacy to white-led groups.
- The assertion that systems of race, gender, class, and sexuality are interlocking and must be analyzed and dismantled simultaneously.Cevap
- DThe argument that economic class differences are private concerns that should be subordinated to legal reforms focusing solely on gender equality.
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The assertion that systems of race, gender, class, and sexuality are interlocking and must be analyzed and dismantled simultaneously.
The correct answer is correct because the Combahee River Collective Statement explicitly argues that major systems of oppression—specifically race, gender, class, and sexuality—are interlocking and require an integrated analysis and practice to dismantle them together.
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Intersectionality and interlocking systems of oppression in Black feminism