Generic in the same sense as this quote: “In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” -Toni Morrison So maybe white, but possibly

Generic in the same sense as this quote: “In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” -Toni Morrison So maybe white, but possibly not. It is a personal decision. It is a statement about one's personal politics where one sees their identity as either apolitical or that it ought to be apolitical. Perhaps even that identity politics itself should not be a thing. A politics of generic identity. I said 'men' because I was referring to Stone and Parker. Their politics epitomize genericity and a politics of being apolitical which is functionally a reactionary politics.