Identity Politics Challenged in Democratic Party
Identity politics has now come under fire in the Democratic Party as one reason to explain its pathetic loss to Donald Trump. True to its ruling class origins, white Democrats do not emphasize social class as an alternative focus. But then, neither do identity politics advocates within the Democratic Party, itself. It seems that all those Democratic Party folks still don’t get it – that class issues brought about Trump’s election.
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Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.