Identity politics is politics based on a particular identity, such as ethnicity, race, nationality, religion, denomination, gender, sexual orientation, social background, political affiliation, caste,
A "Black Lives Matter" mural being painted in Charlotte
Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of t
Identity politics
…phenomena and rhetoric, such as governmental migration policies that regulate mobility and opportunity based on identities, left-wing agendas involving intersectional politics or class reductionism, and right-wing nationalist agendas of exclusion of national or ethnic "others". The term identity politics dates to the late…
Intersectionality at a Dyke March in Hamburg, Germany, 2020
A crowd of people in a Black Lives Matter protest in 2015. The main focus is four Black women, one holding a sign.