Zeeak4444 posted...A Novel Idea posted...
So many typically-white conservatives and liberals are anti-"identity politics" and Coates just rakes them over the coals here. It's great.
its hilarious you think this is exclusive to whites.
Pathetically sad to be so far removed from reality that you think any conservative or liberal is playing anything but identity politics at this point.
"Typically white?" Did you read that part? I'm talking about the tendency of (typically-white) intellectuals from both camps, including folks like Bernie Sanders and Mark Lilla (both of whom get dragged sufficiently), to use the bludgeon of "identity politics" to shut down any mention of race in these discussions, particularly how white people--themselves included--tend to benefit disproportionately from policy and public sentiment. The discussion about the opiod epidemic in the essay is a great example of that.