So I have a question. How does one tell the difference between "identity politics" (bad), and equal rights (good)?
For example, if the data shows that black people are getting shot by police in at higher rates than white people, even in the exact same situations (traffic stop, gun present, etc, etc, etc). Is it "identity politics" for the Democrats to support fixing the issue? Doesn't slapping a label on it all and calling it "identity politics" ignore the fact that there are legitimate social/racial/cultural inequity in certain aspects of American life? Does that not simply become a catch all term for any time someone tries to point out the existence of one of those legitimate inequities?
Couldn't "identity politics" just as easily be called "fairness for all, regardless of sex, age, race, religion, etc"?