Why does Johnson suggest that quare folks cannot afford to exclude even their homophobic family members from their alliances?
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"While her homophobia must be critiqued, her feminist and race struggles over the course of her life have enabled me and others in my family to enact strategies of resistance against a number of oppressions, including homophobia.” This quotation from page 7 clearly highlights that although one aspect of a family members identity is homophobic, this does not negate from their own battles with oppression, especially in this case as a black woman. Therefore, there is always something to learn from other family members even if they have opposing views in regard to queerness. This may be because prejudice and oppression come in many different forms. Therefore, although there are homophobic people who have been subjected to racism, which may seem paradoxical, there is still always something to take away from their experiences. If stripped down to sheer emotions, racism, sexism and homophobia produce very similar feelings of anger, frustration and hurt. Thus, one person's experience of racism can be used to help others in their own plight with sexism or homophobia even if that person themselves are homophobic. This could be a reason for not excluding homophobic family members.