"If our goal is not restoration but reconstruction of our society, then the theories of power that got us here won't be enough to get us there."
"Black women have not conceptualized our quest for empowerment as one of replacing elite white male authorities with ourselves as benevolent Black female ones."
"A liberated future cannot be built on power that is binary, zero-sum, and based on maintaining leverage over others."
The struggle for social justice involves not just removing fascists but reconstructing society through new power dynamics. Traditional theories of power, such as those by Saul Alinsky and Marshall Ganz, view power as a finite resource or leverage. These perspectives are insufficient for a liberated future, which cannot rely on binary or zero-sum notions of power. Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins emphasizes that empowerment should not involve replacing one elite with another but rather embracing a vision of power that rejects domination.
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