Thinking Progressive #12 - A Progressive Rejection of Identity Politics
Channel: Ron Rivers
Date: 2019-10-22

Identity politics have become central to the politics of both liberal and conservatives here in the United States, and the nation is worse off for it. That's because identity politics are tribalism under another name, ultimately serving to divide us. In bringing expanded structure to our movement, progressives should reject identity politics in favor of a more unifying effort to build a majority focused on systemic reform.

 

Do you find The Progress Report valuable?
🔊 SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2m2Kyba
↘️ DOWNLOAD: https://bit.ly/2Be9Sz8
▶️ SUBSCRIBE on YouTube: https://bit.ly/33ixtvh
🍄 SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast: https://bit.ly/2m8MT4p 
📗 READ: https://bit.ly/2W2NUJ9

CONNECT:
🦜 TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/ronrivers_
🌊 INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/ronrivers_ 
👍🏼 FB: https://www.facebook.com/ronriversnj

CONTRIBUTE:
🙏 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ronrivers
💕 PAYPAL: https://paypal.me/ronrivs

🧙‍♂️ Learn more about Ron: https://ronrivers.com

SOURCES:
[1] Implicit Bias and Policing by Katherine B. Spencer, Amanda K. Charbonneau, and Jack Glaser University of California Berkeley https://gspp.berkeley.edu/assets/uploads/research/pdf/SpencerCharbonneauGlaser.Compass.2016.pdf 
[2] U.S. incarceration rates by race Prison Policy Institute https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/raceinc.html 
[2a] Black Codes Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Codes_(United_States) 
[3] Black Separatism Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_separatism
[4] Reconstruction History.com https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
[5] Freedmen's Bureau History.com https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedmens-bureau#section_2
[6] White women benefit most from affirmative action — and are among its fiercest opponents by Victoria M. Massie Vox https://www.vox.com/2016/5/25/11682950/fisher-supreme-court-white-women-affirmative-action 
[7] European Hate Speech Laws The Legal Project https://www.legal-project.org/issues/european-hate-speech-laws 
[8] What is racial discrimination? Australian Human Rights Commission https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/race-discrimination/publications/know-your-rights-racial-discrimination-and-vilification 
[9] Why you see swastikas in America but not Germany by Sarah Wildman Vox https://www.vox.com/world/2017/8/16/16152088/nazi-swastikas-germany-charlottesville 
[10] Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019 by Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner Prison Policy Initiative https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2019.html 
[11] There's overwhelming evidence that the criminal-justice system is racist. Here's the proof. by Radley Balko Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/09/18/theres-overwhelming-evidence-that-the-criminal-justice-system-is-racist-heres-the-proof/


#identitypolitics #racism #usa #community #future