Talk:Identity politics

Wiki Education assignment: Gender and Politics in Global Perspective
— Assignment last updated by A.lejla (talk) 19:20, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

BLM
Why isn't Black Lives Matter mentioned? 192.118.27.253 (talk) 11:24, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * It is arguably the most important Identity Politics movement 192.118.27.253 (talk) 11:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Contemporary identity politics issues/groups/movements
I believe it's important to add information about some of the most famous contemporary groups/identities as it relates to identity politics. This will include information about #BlackLivesMatter, the counter movement, #AllLivesMatter, Proud Boys, and Antifa. Wrig36 (talk) 01:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Undue weight assigned to Brendan O'Neill quote
This is a comment on the "undue weight" reference to this quote.

It is useful to look at the psychology of identitiation ie is it a self centred thought process? This is what the last sentence of the Wikipedia quote asserts. The quote suggests consequences of identification - "surround themselves with a moral force field". The process of identification inevitably changes the way people interact with the identifier. It can also lead to the checking of thoughts and speech. In contrast not identifying "as anything" maximises the opportunities for interaction.

I feel the intent of the quote does not provide "undue weight" but there may be better words to comment on the sociology/psychology of the internal process in the individual asserting identity. A more community valuable approach is to identify the issue as this is much more objective in its thought process. Sigma1950 (talk) 01:09, 19 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I've removed the quote. There are countless opinion columnists, and this topic doesn't need more hot air. A reliable, independent source would need to indicate to us why Brendan O'Neill (columnist)'s hot take from one 2015 column is important enough to include, and from that, we could decide if this particular quote is the best way to summarize that column. Lacking such an indication, this doesn't belong. Grayfell (talk) 01:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)