Agree To Disagree: Identity Politics
Topics: Culture, Politics
Public Release Date: December 11, 2020
The public and pundits alike are still processing the most recent election, but this much we know: 2020 marks the most diverse Congress in American history, and President Trump garnered more minority voters in 2020 than in 2016. As Georgia faces two runoff elections, which will determine which party controls the Senate, gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams and other voting-rights advocates have focused on identity politics as a way to prevail in the electoral process. Is it a winning strategy?
ARGUING YES:
Michael Eric Dyson: Author, New York Times contributing opinion writer, contributing editor of The New Republic, and professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University
ARGUING NO:
John McWhorter: Author, host of Lexicon Valley, contributing writer at The Atlantic, and professor of Linguistics at Columbia University
MODERATOR:
John Donvan: Emmy award-winning journalist