(Originally published by The Institute of Art and Ideas May 29, 2025.)
While inequality decreases, the identity policy also
After the dramatic propagation of social movements such as #MeToo and #BlackLivesmatter, many thought that politics in Western societies would be dominated by identity issues in the predictable future. But attention to social injustice is not the equivalent of identity policy. In fact, the first can be an antidote for the second.
What is identity policy?
The “identity policy” generally refers to groups organized around a common race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or similar affinity. The term can apply to many affinities, but it cannot be stretched too far …
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