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An Outsider’s Perspective on American Culture Wars

The Michael Shermer Show

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Identity Politics on the Left

In her new book, "Identity Politics on the Left," Roxanne Jones says black women's oppression is a central theme. She argues that identity politics focuses upon our own oppression rather than working to end someone else's oppressions. Jones: We reject pedestals, queenhood and walking 10 bases behind. It'd be recognized as human, levelly human is enough. Who would disagree with that?

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