Identity politics is like technology. It can save and kill humanity, with indifference. When it's borne out of the tendency to blame the innocent ordinary people of China, it leads to a global wave of racism. When it smelts out of the glaring need to rise up against the continued historical brutalization of the African American people, it leads to a social movement against racism. Identity politics, while underlying both these phenomena don't care about racism. And that indifference is its failure. There are features of identity politics that make its failure inherent, inescapable, and infectious.
Why Identity Politics Fails
Why Identity Politics Fails
Why Identity Politics Fails
Identity politics is like technology. It can save and kill humanity, with indifference. When it's borne out of the tendency to blame the innocent ordinary people of China, it leads to a global wave of racism. When it smelts out of the glaring need to rise up against the continued historical brutalization of the African American people, it leads to a social movement against racism. Identity politics, while underlying both these phenomena don't care about racism. And that indifference is its failure. There are features of identity politics that make its failure inherent, inescapable, and infectious.