What is/are identity politics? - Page 2 - Politics and Economics

You are affected by your surroundings. In many cases people are trained to think in identity terms. If white people grill into you that "the most important thing about you is that you are black"...

I fixed for you what everyone else can already see, which makes the rest of your treatise nonsense.

06-17-2017 , 09:48 PM

#27

jokerthief

No reason to get excited

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4,765

Identity politics is just an exploitation of humanity's intrinsic tribal nature for the sake of power. All sides use the tactic because it's very effective. I don't see this ever changing. (Well, maybe we can talk after another million years of evolution.)

06-18-2017 , 05:39 PM

#28

poconoder

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 370

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Originally Posted by poconoder

You are affected by your surroundings. In many cases people are trained to think in identity terms. If your parents grill into you that "the most important thing about you is that you are black" ...

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Originally Posted by DrChesspain

Your post is so disappointing. How ingrained is identity politics thinking if you think that an amorphous group of people is a bigger influence on kids than their own parents?

Once you fall for the idea that people are just groups and not individuals, you have cheapened what it means to be human.

06-18-2017 , 06:01 PM

#29

13ball

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 12,912

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Originally Posted by poconoder

In a political context it appears that Democrats think of people in terms of groups more often and Republicans think of people in terms of individuals, and the policies each party has and the campaigns each party conducts reflects this.

Policies and campaigns like the Muslim Ban, smearing Mexican judges, banning gay marriage, racial profiling, keeping gays and women out of the military, protecting Christian businesses, and tweeting false statistics about black crime?