Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)

A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to serve their own ends.

“Identity politics” is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to…

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