Identity Politics

There are wars in Africa and Asia and some are rarely commented on in the media, so why is Ukraine different?

While the Democrats and Republicans use an outdated political playbook, people need protection from the capitalist system itself

The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future

Striving for racial representivity does not mean there can never be a white judge on the apex court bench again

Helen Zille decries using ‘lived experience’ in woke arguments, but does so herself in her latest book, says Shaun de Waal

The lack of compassion towards Brendin Horner’s family is the failure of identity politics

COMMENT: For this gay, white soldier there simply isn’t a good enough challenger to knock him off his perch

It is a leap to claim that identity-based oppressions necessitate a politics of identity

It is not empirically useful as an approach to understanding social reality

Just because you choose to reject an identity you are born with, does not mean it is not there

Francis Fukuyama’s latest book considers dignity and recognition and the limits imposed on these