AFAIK (and obviously not very nuanced): when you’re living in a colony, national independence (-> nationalism) can be considered “leftist” because it’s an increase in self-governance and self-determination. Black nationalism covers a lot of concepts and goals (and several centuries), from founding an actual independent nation (e.g. because the white supremacist society is seen as fundamentally broken) to promoting building independent structures by and for Black people, buying from Black owned businesses etc. As it is seen as a way to empower marginalized groups, it can be seen as leftist. Obviously, things can also become weird and/or right wing rather fast.
homoludens@feddit.org 3 months ago
AFAIK (and obviously not very nuanced): when you’re living in a colony, national independence (-> nationalism) can be considered “leftist” because it’s an increase in self-governance and self-determination. Black nationalism covers a lot of concepts and goals (and several centuries), from founding an actual independent nation (e.g. because the white supremacist society is seen as fundamentally broken) to promoting building independent structures by and for Black people, buying from Black owned businesses etc. As it is seen as a way to empower marginalized groups, it can be seen as leftist. Obviously, things can also become weird and/or right wing rather fast.