Culture Quote by Shelby Steele

The demand for racial (and sexual) justice gets reduced to politics of identity - and excoriating the so-called perpetrators of the identity politics.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad…

— J. C. Watts

“When culture only rewards the assertion of group identity (black, female, queer etc.), the silent majority will want its slice of the identitarian pie.…

— Sohrab Ahrmari

When we talk of identity, we often think of groups such as black Muslim lesbians in wheelchairs. This is because identity only seems to…

— Grayson Perry

Different identity groups hold specific levels of power over others when their battles play out in the media. To wit: Black beats white. Gay…

— Andrew Breitbart

“Identity politics is universally attractive because it enables failures and weaknesses to be spun as the products of oppression and historical injustice. Personal responsibility…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

There is a theory behind the culture of victimhood: It's called "intersectionality." This theory posits that racism, sexism, classism, ableism, etc. are interconnected, overlapping,…

— Christina Hoff Sommers

Identity is becoming more dependent on what people are willing subscribe to and less dependent on objective criteria such as skin colour or where…

— Stuart Hall

“...we have to be aware of the power and importance of organizing not just around identity, but the materiality of daily life, which still,…

— Manning Marable

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then…

— Spike Lee

The system of racial classification is fiction, and we need to thoughtfully evaluate whether perpetuating it rigidly or allowing fluidity across the spectrum best…

— Rachel Dolezal

I admire identity politics for raising the fact that there are terrible and constant microaggressions against all minorities.

— David Baddiel