I was reading James H. Cone’s A Black Theory of Liberation last night, & much of what he wrote about about oppression and resistance felt very resonant with the situation for transfolks. But that’s just why this jumped out at me now. YOU should read it whatever else you’ve read.https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/996555909718474752 …
I try to avoid conflating trans liberation and Black liberation, even though the two struggles have a lot in common. It's a complex space. I would love to read it for its own subject matter relevance, anyways, so thank you for the recommendation!
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Yep, it’s an important distinction, and the book is definitely keyed very specifically to black liberation. But when Cone discusses how God/Christ is always on the side of the oppressed, THAT’S something I think other groups can apply to their lives...
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...although in saying that, I’m also mindful, from my own queer perspective and grappling with it myself, about how a Christ-centric theory of liberation can be fraught with tension, depending on one’s experiences.
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(I got interested in Cone last month when he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the library books came just as I learned of his death. ABToL turns out to be dazzlingly radical.)
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