Black people society: Collective’s political analysis and Marxist analysis – housing, urban planning, the overall architecture and perform masculinity
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1. Using Keeanga-Taylor’s introduction from How We Get Free, the Combahee River Collective statement and Taylor’s interview on Democracy Now, explain how the Collective’s political analysis, while rooted in critiquing “interlocking systems of domination,” also sought to extend Marxist analysis? Furthermore, explain how the Collective’s statement is an example of Black feminist thought and support your answer by citing Patricia Hill Collin’s introduction to Black Feminist Thought. In addition, explain how Taylor’s introduction and the Collective’s statement are similar to the political and economic analysis found in Angela Davis’ chapter The Legacy of Slavery: Standards for a New Womanhood, and support your answer by citing examples from Davis’ chapter.
Finally, relate this to a current event and cite your source.
2. Using Rashad Shabazz’s Introduction and Chapter 4 from Spatializing Blackness, explain how public housing, urban planning and the overall architecture of Chicago produced carceral spaces of confinement that influenced the ways in which Black men came to understand and perform masculinity? Moreover, explain the similarities and differences between how “gangs” came to exist in Chicago and Los Angeles, and explain the role that street organizations have
historically played in Black communities. Make sure to cite Bastards of the Party. Finally, relate this to a current event and cite your source
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