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Identity

The Cultural Theorist

Kwame Anthony Appiah 1954 – present

Political identities

A lot of politics is about bringing people together to get things done, but the negative side is around division of us from them. In the United States, the divide between people of different political identities is hostile… people are now more concerned about their children marrying outside their political tribe, than marrying out of their race or religion. In today’s United States, asking a republican parent if it was OK for their daughter

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