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Chapter 12 - Another Dream Deferred

How Identity Politics, Intersectionality Theory, and Tribal Divisiveness Are Inverting Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream

from Part III - Deferred Dreams: Reflections on Politics and Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer
Affiliation:
Chapman University, California
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This essay was first published in the online magazine Quillette, in which I addressed the growing problem of identity politics, intersectionality theory, and the tribal divisiveness that has polarized politics today, particularly down racial lines, which is a perverse inversion of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of judging people by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin, or their gender, or religion, or whom they are sexually attracted to, or any of the other intersectional categories, such as ethnicity, language, dialect, education, generation, occupation, political party, disability, marital status, veteran status, and more.

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identity politicsintersectionality theoryMartin Luther KingJr.Oppression OlympicsracismmisogynyAbraham LincolnLangston Hughes
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Giving the Devil his Due
Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
 , pp. 129 - 133
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Another Dream Deferred
  • Michael Shermer, Chapman University, California
  • Book: Giving the Devil his Due
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108779395.013
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  • Another Dream Deferred
  • Michael Shermer, Chapman University, California
  • Book: Giving the Devil his Due
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108779395.013
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  • Another Dream Deferred
  • Michael Shermer, Chapman University, California
  • Book: Giving the Devil his Due
  • Online publication: 28 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108779395.013
Available formats
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