Group identifications famously pose the problem of destructive
rhetoric and action against others. Cynthia Burack brings together
the theory work of women of color and the tools of psychoanalysis
to examine the effects of group collaborations for social justice
and progressive politics. This juxtaposition illuminates some
assumptions about race and equality encoded in psychoanalysis.
Burack's discursive analysis suggests the positive,
identity-affirming aspects of group relational life for African
American women.One analytic response to groups emphasizes the
dangers of these identifications and exhorts people to abandon or
transcend them for their own good and for the good of others who
may be harmed by group-based forms of cultural or material
violence. Another response understands that people feel a need for
group identifications and asks how they may be made more resistant
to malignant group-based discourse and action.What can black
feminist thought teach scholars and democratic citizens about
groups? Burack shows how the rhetoric of black feminism models
reparative, rather than destructive, forms of group dialogue and
action. Although it may be impossible to eliminate group
identifications that provide much of the impetus for bias and
violence, she argues, we can encourage more progressive forms of
leadership, solidarity, and coalition politics.
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