Identity Politics Poses a Genuine Threat to America. Here’s Why

Is identity politics reaching a breaking point?

. . . "Hudson’s Fonte outlined what has become the framework for identity politics on the left.“Multiculturalism, the diversity project, and critical theory” are the three major cornerstones of this creed, Fonte said."In a 2013 article in National Review, Fonte described the “diversity project” as: “[T]he ongoing effort to use federal power to impose proportional representation along race, gender, and e.thnic lines in all aspects of American life.”

"Multiculturalism comes in a hard version and a soft version, he said."The soft version celebrates ethnic subcultures, examples being St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo."The hard version, Fonte said, has damaged society. He concisely summed up its tenets:The United States is a multicultural society in which different cultures—African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, and women—have their own values, histories, and identities separate from and sometimes in opposition to dominant Anglo, white, male culture.

"This creed divides America into many peoples and has become the dominant ethos taught in American schools." . . .

Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii called on the men in America to “just shut up and step up” . . .