Following on from Jenny Ian - I believe there are ways to create a fairer society that don't focus the entire discussion around any immutable characteristics.

A push for universal socialism isn't the same as identity politics. It encapsulates many of the marginalised groups that you've highlighted without any of the divisive rhetoric. An example in practice is ACA, whilst controversial has shifted the burden of health care across the wider US society. Trump did his best, but it's still in place - and I think it'll stay for the foreseeable. Classic socialist policies with no reference to identity, one passed by all those evil white men in their pyramid too ;o)

Identity politics is resulting in little more than entrenching minority groups and encouraging them to fight each other. Black vs Asian. Feminists vs TERFs etc. We're now seeing the dissolution of progress into ideological factions that waste all the oxygen in the room having pointless and recursive discussions about oppression and identity.

As Steve QJ highlighted in his latest article, when you've started talking about whether soap dispensers at your college campus are an example of white oppression in action - you've jumped the shark.

There's a huge amount of money to be made by the middle classes (of all skin colours) from the ongoing social malaise - but most of these conversations don't change the lives of any very disadvantaged citizens in any meaningful way. It's not that these identities aren't important (they are) - but playing into them pulls any momentum for change in conflicting directions. As a result an over focus on Identity supports the status quo by its long-term ineffectiveness rather than challenging it in any meaningful way. You want to overturn an entrenched pyramid, you better have a strategy - not just ask different people to pick bricks out at random and hope for the best.

Good to see you pop up again and always good to fundamentally disagree! :o)