On Identity Politics and Intersectionality (And why they should be regarded as a fallacy)

[matrixmann]

The one big mistake that Identity Politics (short: ID politics) and the principle of Intersectionality are based upon is: Them assume a group identity of people according to a certain body feature (e. g. skin color, sex, physical disability) or personality feature (e. g. religion, sexual orientation, nationality, cultural origin, political stance,

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[mexpatriot]

Ja, genau!

[matrixmann]

About this piece here I like best that once I've made it to put a couple of thoughts about this (important) topic into the right words without anger, but in a neutral and very accurate way.
Presentable for everyone without shame.

[mexpatriot]

You might like this: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/on-white-fragility?

[matrixmann]

Hm... I'm not sure if I once heard the author's name of that book discussed in the article...
Anyway, the title itself - the slang term "white fragility" - is known to me and I know what it means.
In fact, it is a term as hurtful and insulting as the mockery "male tears" during the #metoo explosion on Twitter. It marginalizes something that exists for the benefit of something else which isn't actually in need of it.
In short: A psychologically narcissistic technique.

(Taking the content of the article as it is without further research, the argumentation chain of DiAngelo reminds me of what critique they formulate about Freud in the modern days: He was obsessed himself with sexuality. So is the author of the "White Fragility" book with skin color, which she calls "race".)

[mexpatriot]

You've got it.