'Identity Politics'

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 17 07:05:37 PDT 1999


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>I think the term 'identity politics' (as well as 'political correctness')
>should be retired from use at least in conversations among leftists.

As far as I know, the term PC originated among leftists as an ironic comment on people who were being too PC. But where'd "identity politics" come from? It sounds almost like a disparaging term from the first. Did anyone ever stand up and say, "I'm an identity politician"?

Doug



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