# CHAPTER 15  
## INTELLECTUAL GENEALOGIES OF BLACK/QUEER/DIASPORA  
Jafari S. Allen  
As we proceed upon the specific and difficult tasks of survival in the twenty-first century, we of the African diaspora need to recognize our differences as well as our similarities. [...] We seek what is most fruitful for all people, and less bunger for our children. But we are not the same. [...] To successfully battle the many faces of institutionalized racial oppression, we must share the strengths of each other's vision as well as the weaponries born of particular experience. First, we must recognize each other. ${ }^{1}$