Political Correctness and Identity Politics
It is mostly from the left that come the philosophies of political correctness and identity politics. One result of these philosophies is the belief that there are only two meaningful demographic groups in America today – people of color and white people. “The left provokes a politically concocted racial battle between alleged white privilege juxtaposed to a perception of pandemic minority victimization.”
“What must be kept in mind is that all those collective designations have nothing to do with nationality, ancestry or ethnicity. They are not biological designations based on DNA. They are political designations designed to obfuscate diversity while claiming to celebrate it.” In creating the disunion between white people and people of color, Democrats hope to build a permanent political power base for the foreseeable future.
The true result of this new division between White people and people of color actually diminishes the great value of diversity that has always made America an exceptional national. “One of the great things about America is that we share our individual and unique cultures and heritages within a melting pot that makes us ALL Americans – with common beliefs, values and a bond of patriotism. We share our ethnic cultures to the benefit and pleasure of all when we have a common alliance – being an American.” But now there is no longer ancestral identity for different ethic groups. “You are not Cuban. You are not even Hispanic. You are not Chinese, Japanese or Vietnamese. You are not even Asian in the eyes of the left. You are a person of color. As a result, Black identities are being canceled by the left.”
In my own lifetime there has been a confusing catalogue of designations as to how to properly refer to Blacks. Do we refer to them as Negroes, Blacks, African Americans, colored (the appellation used by the National Association of Colored People [NAACP] to this day), or people of color. It began when Jesse Jackson successfully replaced the designations of “Negro” (which is the appropriate counterpart of Caucasian) and “colored” with the term African American – inappropriately applying it to millions of black citizens who have not had any ties to Africa for hundreds of years. You would think that after 20 generations away from Africa, one might think that most Blacks had become simply Americans.