An analysis of the book 'The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time' by Yascha Mounk, exploring the origins and influence of ideas related to race, gender, and sexual orientation known as identity politics or 'wokeness' and proposing a better way forward.
Has a healthy appreciation for the culture and heritage of minority groups transformed into a counterproductive obsession with group identity in all its forms? The Atlantic's Yascha Mounk thinks so. He joins us today to explain how it happened and why he believes it threatens American democracy.
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