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Scott argues that blackness in relation to abjection endows its inheritors with a form of counter-intuitive power-indeed

but Magloire argues that their feminism is rooted less in self-empowerment than in a fluid pursuit of community despite the inevitable conflicts wrought by racial capitalism

1964s "As Tears Go By

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