How do you self-identify according to common isms such as Race, Gender, Ethnicity, Class etc? Or do you prefer not to? Or something else (and please share!) #Identity

I try hard not to put myself or others in boxes but no doubt fail. I probably fail most where the boxes are ones my parents wanted for me which I disassociate from. e.g. I strongly define myself as *not* Tory but wear my allegiance to any other party lightly

How's that play out within your family? Politically aligned mostly in mine, with the exception of me at 4 asking my parents since Israel was built to save Jews from harm why were we doing harm in1967? Anti-Zionist by 4 years old? Unpopular and disliked to this day for that logic!

Wow, that’s a tough one. Props to you The politics in my family have never caused a falling out. My dad always championed curiosity. He was just from a very different era. You may be interested in this initiative

Oh wow, thanks Jonathan. It seemed so logical. I understand what was actually going on now. No Military Nation State will sit right with me. I'm Persian Jew no less. Talk about complex identities and rare breeds! Tiny little group of thousands in 7.8 billion? that defines "other"

I’m interested in what Sunny is going to say about it because my instinct (which could be wrong) is that identity politics has been extremely productive in the past but is now being weaponised by the modern media environment in ways that are too often counter productive. BUT…

…I’m all too aware that, as a white educated male who is more middle class than he cares to admit, I haven’t the faintest idea of what it’s like for people who don’t tick all these boxes

Speaking of weaponization and white males, I think people identifying as white and working class on down are having a really hard time with identity and especially *place* as many are feeling less-than the people made less-than by them and/or ancestors. The US majority is white..

Agree. Having grown up among impoverished, rural, insular, (mostly) poorly educated conservatives, I can at least empathise with their perspective even while I reject the answers those communities reach for. The lack of a 21C social contract from anyone in power is toxic

He was totally a product of his family until he starting working as a roofer and met a gay black man who became his best friend and laid some woke on him. That, and getting popped for substance distribution and landing in an Arpaio camp for 2 years opened his eyes wide to life.