Blood Lines and Blood Shed: Intersectionality and Differential Consciousness in Ethnic Studies and American Studies

A Struggle by Any Other Name: Coalitional Pedagogy for Antiracist Solidarity

“…From this perspective, we are all implicated in and affected by the legacies of hate, hurt, and fear that racial power promotes and preserves. In this way of thinking, the fact of collective injury becomes more important than the individual identities of the injured" (Lipsitz 2010).…”

“…Following other scholars, I use “coalitional pedagogy” to capture learning modes that foster a shared commitment to transforming unjust systems through examining group difference and interdependence (Cruz 2019; Sasaki 2002). It understands the uniqueness of group positions as potentially divisive but also potentially valuable for growing collective action (Lipsitz 2010). I develop three elements below.…”

“…The effort to mobilize around one identity is a strategic illusion rather than a phenomenal reality (Sandoval 2000). Obscuring intragroup conflict and intergroup collaboration prevents effective movement-building (Lipsitz 2010).…”