Barbara Smith, Who Helped Coin the Term 'Identity Politics,' Endorses Bernie Sanders

“Of those who are running, Sanders is the person whose political commitment most closely reflects and align with my political commitments. He has a deeper understanding of what the situation is, why we have injustice and inequality and oppression and discrimination or whatever words you use to describe a society that isn’t functioning the way that it should be functioning. He is the most incisive, sharpest understanding of where all that comes from.”

Briahna Joy Gray, national press secretary for the Sanders campaign, said the campaign is “ proud to have earned the endorsement of one of the preeminent black feminist activists in American history. Barbara’s work highlighting the interlocking oppressions of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and class has helped to empower millions of people in the fight for substantive equality. That fight is central to this campaign.”