(October 9, 2017 at 9:18 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(October 9, 2017 at 9:11 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: The KKK or Black Panthers would have identity politics, so they have that in common.
Maybe they could use that to come together.
You mean like people from the KKK being Republican and people from the BP being Democrat? Does identity politics mean that you lean a certain way politically because of the group you are in?
Thump said it simply and eloquently, but let me try a different way:
It's basically tribalism. It's taking your identity (your skin color, or your orientation, or religion or all of these things) and forming your views around this identity. Groups form around this concept, and you'll hear the phrase "As a *insert skin color/religion here* I feel that..." quite a bit.
Frankly, I agree with much of what Sam Harris has to say about it here: https://youtu.be/KPRhJeFNico