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It's usually used to mean identity politics, isn't it? The origin of the word has it's roots in racism, but now it's come to basically mean all forms of identit
by spinach 2y ago
It's usually used to mean identity politics, isn't it? The origin of the word has it's roots in racism, but now it's come to basically mean all forms of identity politics.
- superb_dev 2y agoNo, it’s an adjective to describe a person. Someone who is “awake” to the structural oppression around them. I guess you could call structural oppression “identity politics”, but that seriously feels like a dog whistle.
- lazyeye 2y ago[flagged]
- superb_dev 2y agoThat is not a correct way to rephrase the definition I gave. Saying everything gets viewed through “oppressor/oppressed” is wrong and disingenuous. It implies that they are looking for something that isn’t there rather than noticing something that’s already there.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- lazyeye 2y agoEither that or the opposite is true.
- razakel 2y agoAll politics fundamentally concerns identity.