bell hooks, black feminist, can no longer be a Hillary supporter

bell hooks provides an interesting perspective:

I've talked a lot in these past few days about having once been a very pro-Hillary Clinton supporter.

But finding at this stage of life and this stage of her politics that I can no longer be a Hillary Clinton supporter, in the name of feminism.

There are certain things that I don't want to co-sign in the name of feminism that I think are militarist, imperialist, white supremacist, whether they are conducted by women or men.

And I think that having to go through those changes -- and having to be compassionate towards yourself, because there are a lot of women that are in political turmoil right now, because of our history of supporting feminists, supporting a woman, looking forward to the day when we can say "oh, we have a woman president," and that constant challenge about identity politics versus who are you and what do you stand for?

That's why Baldwin says, it's not a question of whether you're gay or straight or black or white, what do you stand for? Who are you? How can you know that? And operate from that position of power?

Saturday, Mar 12, 2016 · 6:11:42 PM +00:00 · chrisgeary2016

Thanks northleft for this link to the full session: