Identity politics as a term has existed in one form or another since the Civil Rights era, when politics became synonymous in the minds of many with overcoming oppression. But what began as a genuine effort to be free became another form of totalitarianism. Identity itself took a back seat—disregarded in order to promulgate a particular form of ideology. Read Full Article »
Identity vs. Identity Politics
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proponents of identity politics place individual people into groups. On the surface, there is nothing necessarily wrong with that. We all identify with some group or another, however significant or superficial it may be. I can say that I am an American citizen, who happens to be also a Bosnian woman, a war survivor, a former refugee, and a Twin Peaks fan. This means I have a lot in common with many people in these respective groups. But this kind of unity, or solidarity, is not what identity politics has in mind at all.
Identity politics as a term has existed in one form or another since the Civil Rights era, when politics became synonymous in the minds of many with overcoming oppression. But what began as a genuine effort to be free became another form of totalitarianism. Identity itself took a back seat—disregarded in order to promulgate a particular form of ideology. Read Full Article »
Identity politics as a term has existed in one form or another since the Civil Rights era, when politics became synonymous in the minds of many with overcoming oppression. But what began as a genuine effort to be free became another form of totalitarianism. Identity itself took a back seat—disregarded in order to promulgate a particular form of ideology. Read Full Article »
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