Dec
20th
2011

Solidarity must be crafted on the basis of both commonalities and differences, on the basis of a theoretically aware translation of our mutual contradictions into political practice. Political struggle is the crucible of the future, and our political categories simply enable us to enter the crucible rather than telling us much about what will be produced in the process of the struggle. (122)
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Vijay Prashad, “Crafting Solidarities” in A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America, edited by Lavina Dhingra Shankar and Rajini Srikanth

This quote comes to mind as I see the impressive development of forms of solidarity against the Florida Family Association and their opposition to All-American Muslim. As deeply flawed as I find that show, there’s something impressive about the type of progressive politics the controversy surrounding it has produced. Ultimately, the type of model minority politics that the show celebrates hasn’t been what’s saving it; instead, its a widespread progressive commitment against Islamophobia that has emerged without relying on defining which groups as more “All-American” than others.

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