Socialist Progressives

Essentially both sides are missing the full picture.

Identity is important but you cannot have a full intersectional analysis without class, because class is the *universal* intersection. Your socio-economic class affects *how* and *to what extent* your identity affects you. Wealth may not stop a black man from getting shot by the wrong racist cop BUT it enables him to take measures to lower his chances of running into that cop, or experiencing other aspects of racial oppression (wealth enables him to live in a secure neighborhood, to more readily access the right to vote because he has property to prove his identity and the means to get around any roadblocks to access, to send his children to good schools rather than semi-segregated ones funded by the property taxes of a neglected area, etc.) Laverne Cox and my partner may be both trans women of color, but (and as much as I adore and respect Laverne), her wealth allows her to navigate her transness and in ways not available to my partner.

Class is important but you cannot have a full class analysis without examining how different identities experience class. A working class black woman experiences class in a different way than a working class white male who experiences class in a different way than a white trans woman with mental illness. They all suffer from a lack of resources, but that lack of resources affects them in different and unique ways, which has to fit into any class based analysis.