#71: Does Identity Politics breed Victimhood or Revolution?
It's Not Just In Your Head
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Identity Racing Class the Age of Trump
Yestha: Identity politics is an individualist method based on the individual's demand for recognition. It takes this identity for granted and suppresses the fact that all identities are socially constructed. As a result, identity politics paradoxically ends up reinforcing the very norms it sets out to criticise. Yestha: The framework of identity reduces politics to who you are as an individual rather than your membership in a collective struggle against an oppressive social structure.
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