Identity Politics places an ideological screen over reality, where individual autonomous experience is mere collateral in relation to the historical relativity of group dynamics.

Quick quiz: Which of the following is ‘Identity Politics;’

A) If you are a women you can have one of three pre-approved career paths: teacher, nurse or homemaker

B) If you are homosexual you must pretend, at all times and in all circumstances, to be heterosexual, until you actually believe it or you kill yourself.

C) Black lives may or may not matter depending upon the mood of the nearest white person

D) University admissions will have a quota for Jews and Catholics.

E) ALL OF THE ABOVE

The tension in ‘Identity Politics’ comes from the unwillingness of WHITE PEOPLE to accept that they no longer have impunity in determining someone else’s identity. It really is that simple.