Comments on: Identity Politics http://mamacokethinktank.com/2009/07/28/identity-politics/ "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." - Alfred Lord Tennyson Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:19:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack Burton http://mamacokethinktank.com/2009/07/28/identity-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-8422 Jack Burton Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:23:21 +0000 http://mamacokethinktank.com/?p=5185#comment-8422 Good post - it touches on the debate we had a few weeks ago about diversity for diversity's sake. The practice is shallow and it denies any true agency to a broad ethnic group. That said, I think it is fairly absurd that politics address ethnic groups as static entities. We hear about winning the Hispanic and Black vote, but it seems generally framed as an either/or proposition - either the blacks/Hispanics vote Dem or GOP. Can you imagine a talking head discussing "the white vote"? Good post – it touches on the debate we had a few weeks ago about diversity for diversity’s sake. The practice is shallow and it denies any true agency to a broad ethnic group.

That said, I think it is fairly absurd that politics address ethnic groups as static entities. We hear about winning the Hispanic and Black vote, but it seems generally framed as an either/or proposition – either the blacks/Hispanics vote Dem or GOP. Can you imagine a talking head discussing “the white vote”?

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