Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign

[BlueMTexpat]

As much as I want Medicare for All and for the rich to pay higher taxes, that won’t cure sexism. Warren gets that.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth-warren-intersectional-campaign/

I had to check out "intersectionality" because I have been too long away from the academic world. Here's part of the Wiki version:

... Intersectional feminism aims to separate itself from white feminism by acknowledging the fact that all women have different experiences and identities. It is a qualitative analytic framework that identifies how interlocking systems of power affect those who are most marginalized in society. The term was coined by black feminist scholar Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw in 1989. There are various forms of social stratification such as class, race, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, ability, and gender, which are included in the consideration of intersectional feminism and its social and cultural effects. The purpose of intersectionality as a theory is to identify how overlapping categories of identity impact individuals and institutions, and take these relationships into account when working to promote social and political equity. ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality

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As for what the article says about my candidate, here are some snippets:

... “Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects. It’s not simply that there’s a race problem here, a gender problem here, and a class or LBGTQ problem there. Many times that framework erases what happens to people who are subject to all of these things.”
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Given how intersectional analysis has gained real traction in the academy and in activist communities, it was only a matter of time before a presidential candidate emerged whose outlook reflected that ideology. While some Democratic candidates in the past few election cycles have put forward more progressive and comprehensive plans for dealing with racial or gender inequality, they have nonetheless tended to treat race and gender as single-issue vectors to be noted and then pushed aside. So “gender” is invoked in discussions about abortion rights, “race” in debates about criminal justice, and “class” in attacks on corporate greed. Occasionally, other issues—for instance, equal pay or reparations—weave these strands back into a conjoined conversation, but too often both the pundits and the candidates treat these deep vectors of power and identity as discrete lanes that voters rarely cross.
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Throughout her campaign, Elizabeth Warren has shown her ability to use intersectional approaches to analyze a wide variety of social ills, and her engagement with this paradigm has only gotten richer as her campaign has progressed. [Examples follow]
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Other candidates frame their platforms more traditionally: as discrete “issues” to be addressed fairly narrowly.
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This is a thoughtful article. Well worth a read!

[brooklynite]

1. Elizabeth Warren is losing and doesn't have an apparent path to moving up in the delegate count

[BeyondGeography]

3. Lol

Bad weekend?

[brooklynite]

4. Could have been better...

Could have been a lot better for Liz...

Pete Buttigieg 13.9%
Elizabeth Warren 9.8%

SANDERS 39 delegates
BUTTIGIEG 25 delergates
WARREN 8 delegates

[BeyondGeography]

5. For a guy who hasn't achieved all that much

Pete has had a great run. Wonder where he goes from here seeing how he's going to outlive most of his base by 20 or 30 years.

[BlueMTexpat]

7. Wait and see.

It's early days yet.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Thanks. You just convinced me to donate to Warren again.

[BlueMTexpat]

11. Love that!

[democrank]

2. Elizabeth Warren is a wonderful human being.

[BlueMTexpat]

6. Amen to that! eom

[brooklynite]

9. I don't disagree; doesn't mean she's running a good campaign.

[polichick]

10. Really interesting. Wish EW was still riding high...

In any case, if BS becomes the nominee I’d love to see her on the ticket. imo the old rule about geographical balance doesn’t hold when there is a movement afoot.

The times they are a’changing - BS and EW get that.

[BlueMTexpat]

12. Warren gets it.

Where's Sanders on intersectionality?

[totodeinhere]

14. I would love to see her on the ticket as well.

But since she represents a state that the ticket will almost certainly carry anyway I think that Bernie might look for someone who might help him win a swing state.

[totodeinhere]

13. I like Elizabeth a lot and I would be glad to vote for her in November.

But I don't think it's going to happen.