Identity Politics

Identity politics is the generalisation of it all. Identity politics
makes all those not of the identity given privileged note or demanding equality the notion they are wrong (... not right, responsible, must change etc). Neither unity of purpose nor
compassion will evolve out of such dynamics. The only way for
things to get better in society is for emphasis to be put on
what is common & focus on:
human being

Tags
- identity politics
- racism
- gayness
- poor
- rich
- latinos
- chinese
- transexuals
- women
- men
- rwg
- black
- white
- indian
- red
Comments





"Identity politics makes all those not of the identity given privileged note or demanding equality the notion they are wrong (... not right, responsible, must change etc)"

"Identity politics makes all those not of the identity given privileged note or demanding equality the notion they are wrong (... not right, responsible, must change etc)"

Your term "RWG or tolerance context" seems to me to join things that do not usually go together ... because RWG is not tolerance ... it is almost the opposite. But yes, RWG is, almost by definition, not a context in which anything is resolved ... tolerance, however, is.

IMHO, of course!




IMHO, of course!




IMHO, of course!


"Any politician pandering to a group, promising to advantage them over another, is then just as despicable as ignoring their legitimate concerns, whether they are the majority or a minority. "
Drawing distinctions which make no difference to my (A) and (B) reasons, given above is not refuting them, rather is just arguing. What would end up happening is that the favorite groups of a partisan end up being not a "identity group" but the ones that are favorite of the opposition are "identity groups". Equal protection under the law means that the government should not advantage or disadvantage any group or special interest whatsoever. You can't pick and choose.



The second sentence of the Associated Press story addresses the true impetus for the policy change; election-year politics. Obama, and today's Democrat party, see the electorate as a patchwork-quilt of interest groups. Sprinkle enough goodies on certain blocks of voters and they believe they can put together just enough support to win. It can work to a point. But, when the pandering to specific groups undercuts one's overarching narrative it can erode support in the overall electorate.
Obama's policy change sends a clear message to Hispanic voters. It also sends a clear message to non-hispanic voters. Namely, Obama has just added millions of workers to the legal labor force. Millions of illegal immigrants will now be able to legally compete with Americans for the very few jobs available. This message will not be lost on working-class voters.



Obama Jobs Program: Help Illegals Compete with Americans for Scarce Jobs

AP Dems, GOP disagree on part of Obama's executive order on illegal immigration that allows some applicants to avoid deportation despite having committed crimes.

Are you an ideal human? Is that what you identify with? Is that the group to which you belong? I wonder who are the people who do not hail to that group?

~
Give thanks to the divider in the WhiteHouse

(now when will they change that name?)


my comment to Simon StLarent’s interesting train of thought on FacebookSeth Russell Of course Republicans ... er, Conservatives ... eschew identity politics. Their narrative seems to imply that politically we are generic humans and must needs only relate to those features which we all share. So to a Conservative where our identities meet and converse and interact politically is a no-man's-land to be derided and mocked ... especially class. A conservative must deny class ... to them politically it cannot exist. With one brilliant stroke they have done away with a person's status and relegated it to the heap where it should slave in service of GDP, or rather just shut up and die.
The only response i can think of is to tell them, "to go to hell". They have themselves and my class quite intellectually check mated.
Likewise to you & him!


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