How Identity Politics Aids the Right and Divides the Left
A review of "Not So Black and White: A History of Race from White Supremacy to Identity Politics" by Kenan Malik
Over the last decades in Europe and the U.S., economic inequality and insecurity have risen while the left has lost support—particularly among working-class and low-educated voters who have suffered most from these trends. A disproportionate number of these voters now support nativist, nationalist right-wing parties. How can we understand these developm…
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