Forms of Identity Politics

Petr Swedock
Nov 5 · 3 min read

Our history is either our servant or our master.

Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash

Many commentators want you to think that identity politics is something new and made up by the left. They attempt to describe it as part of the psyche that is not reasonable and which responds to made up slights with childish resentment.

Identity politics is not new. We’ve been practicing identity politics since the moment Columbus landed and…

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