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Study: To US Papers, ‘Identity Politics’ Is Mostly a Way to Sneer at the Left

https://fair.org/home/study-to-us-papers-identity-politics-is-mostly-a-way-to-sneer-at-the-left/

A FAIR study of US newspapers found the overwhelming majority of times the vague term “identity politics” was mentioned, it was referring to Democrats and the left.

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cheeseandrice

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I could say this the long way but I’ll say it the short way - as an American it’s completely obvious that it’s taken on this label because demographics other than old, rich, white men are now at the table. It’s always been identity politics. It’s the only kind of “politics” there have ever been.