‘How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics’ with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
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Identity Politics
The cultural and political debates around representation are often really clear examples of daily capture of identity politics. The people who came up with identity politics were socialists, socialy irit right? So they at least thought that it was a compatible thought with their broader commitment to materialism. But i think this way of looking at things is a little too invested in the idea of fundamentality. And even if it turns out that class is the only, or the most important, fundamental organizer of the world, i think the thought that matters is that the world is organized materially,.
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