I'm always late to the epistemology party, but I show up eventually. I also failed to notice the read time - and also failed to take notes. I have similar thoughts - and am in no way smart enough to sit through presentations for philosophers....

I think my objection to identity politics stems from the sheer pointlessness of it - the disintegrating identities around which the concept of privilege itself becomes meaningless. I think it is far better to focus on the individuality of each person, to listen to their stories and to talk in singular terms rather than broad brush strokes... otherwise society becomes involved in a perpetual game of outflanking each other's lens.

That said, if we are going to construct a lens by which to view privilege, such a lens would need to be universal and equally applicable. I think economics is probably that lens. With the exception of North Korea, the rest of the world is either capitalist or hidden-capitalist (looking at you China) therefore the real division of privilege is to be found in economics rather than society.

I think an over focus on group privilege is leading to blindness towards other groups - such as the homeless white guy that Some Guy mentioned, but also those countries where western trash is being dumped, places where there is food and education poverty. Identity politics is the plaything of the comparatively wealthy Western individual who by international standards is so far from the economic breadline it isn't a concern.

Keep up the great work - you're one of the most woefully under-read writers on this platform amid a cavalcade of nonsense - and more people should be here and doing this level of thought. Just my two cents.... and on that note, if this was a philosophy course, I'd be be mooching off to the free lunch for some pickled herring.