Category: Terbitan

The American Dream died for me the day I entered kindergarten. Before that, I was an incrediblybright child, self-assured and besotted with learning. In this environment, I learned how inequality is transmitted from one generation to the next. I was “taught” that my existence was problematic. I was labeled unintelligent, inferior, less, terms all interchangeable with Black, brown, andfemale. I

Dalam percakapan publik Indonesia, politik identitas seringkali dipahami sekedar upaya eskploitasi identitas tertentu untuk kepentingan politik partisan. Pemahaman demikian mengandaikan identitas kelompok berada dalam hubungan yang saling meniadakan antara satu dan lainnya. Oleh karena itu, sebagian kalangan menaruh sikap anti terhadap politik identitas atas pertimbangan bahwa praktik macam ini akan menimbulkan “pembusukan politik”. Akibatnya, pandangan ini menciptakan percakapan publik tentang

“Cities do not create strangers. Cities are the refuge of strangers. Cities are the place for men and women already estranged. And cities are to be judged by their welcome.” (Kahn 1987: 12)   “The bourgeoisie has through its exploitation of the world market given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country” (Marx and Engels, 2016: 10-11)