Democracy, Populism, & Domestic Politics, Power & Security ‘How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics’ with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

June 14, 2022
By Why Is This Happening? The Chris Haynes Podcast

Perry World House Visiting Scholar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò guests on Chris Hayes' podcast, Why Is This Happening?

“Identity politics” polarizes discourse about virtually every aspect of contemporary political life. But what exactly is it, and what role does “elite capture” play in how it has come to be understood? Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò is a philosopher, assistant professor at Georgetown University and author of several books, including “Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)” and “Reconsidering Reparations,” both of which were published in 2022. He joins WITHpod to discuss the origins of identity politics, the problems with what he calls deference politics, and how elites have co-opted the language of social justice to their own ends.

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