Identity Politics

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I think that a small number of people, a svey very small face on the ondiencene, who are relatively extreme in how they define identity politics. They have been publicized massively and characterizedas as a huge movement. But i don't see that that group on lineket tage out. Instead, i see people thinking more about when they, when they talk about policies should be except by the government,. And i look more deeplyat how they affect different groups.

Is identity politics tearing society apart or is it a call for social justice for everyone? That's the theme of this week's Sunday Debate. For the motion were journalist and author of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin', Lionel Shriver and Founding chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips. Against the motion were Labour politician David Lammy and Guardian journalist, the late Dawn Foster. The chair was Kamal Ahmed former editorial director of the BBC.

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