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Woke Identitarianism

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Baggs Fri 19-Jun-20 07:24:29

An essay by Inaya Folarin Iman

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Jun-20 06:34:11

No criticism of you baggs but the article is a very badly constructed and poorly argued.

Furret Sat 20-Jun-20 07:28:40

The Identitarian movement or Identitarianism is a post-World War II European far-right political ideology asserting the right of Europeans and peoples of European descent to culture and territories claimed to belong exclusively to them.

While on rare occasions condemning racism and promoting ethnopluralist society, it argues that particular modes of being are customary to particular groups of people, mainly based on ideas of thinkers influenced by Nazi theories.

Some Identitarians explicitly espouse ideas of xenophobia and racialism, but most limit their public statements to more docile language. Some among them promote the creation of white ethno-states, to the exclusion of migrants and non-white residents.

The movement is most notable in Europe. It also has adherents among North American, Australian, and New Zealander white nationalists.The United States–based Southern Poverty Law Center considers many of these organisations to be hate groups.

Modified from Wikipedia

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Jun-20 07:39:57

furret just to add that identity politics and the identitarian movement are different.?

Furret Sat 20-Jun-20 08:15:35

Did I mention identity politics? I thought that was somebody else.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Jun-20 08:19:04

Oh I stand corrected?

Whitewavemark2 Sat 20-Jun-20 08:21:59

furret you are right. The slang “woke” and identitarianism, should of course not be used in the same sentence.

Furret Sat 20-Jun-20 08:56:49

WW ???

MaizieD Sat 20-Jun-20 09:52:12

Imam has now started writing for the Daily Mail, so her views will become more mainstream.

She'll have to modify her vocabulary a bit. Quite frankly, I found it difficult to make head or tail of what she was saying and I'm very impressed by those of you who have managed to understand and respond to it.

I'm a disappointed with Birbalsingh. She started and runs a truly excellent Free School.

Fennel Sun 21-Jun-20 12:45:52

Maizie same here.
I managed to read the article, too much meaningless jargon for me to absorb. For example -
"It is strongly influenced by critical-race theory, standpoint epistemology and intersectionality. "
I was going to add the saying "why not call a... a ...". But that's racist.
So what do you think personally, Baggs?