The Long Shadow of the Identity Politics ‘Constitution’
18th December 2020
Some governing areas fall neatly under easily recognized policy umbrellas. Relations with other countries come under the auspices of “foreign policy,” and when those relations break down and things end in a shooting war, then the “defense policy” folks come to the forefront.
Not so with one of the most important areas of life today: identity politics.
In this view, America is not a country where the individual is the main agent—one who, because of his very existence possesses individual rights derived from his creator and/or his human nature.
Instead, it’s one where membership in official categories (based on sex, race, etc.) is the identity that matters when it comes to rights, responsibilities, and everything else.