identity politics

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. political activity or movements based on or catering to the cultural, ethnic, gender, racial, religious, or social interests that characterize a group identity.

Example Sentences

“We just again have to be focused on bread-and-butter, kitchen-table, middle-class issues, and get away from identity politics, get away from the notion of fighting these culture wars.”

From Los Angeles Times

The GOP successfully used Harris, a Californian, to epitomize a West Coast liberalism that can often seem more focused on identity politics than on the bread-and-butter issues that mattered most to American voters: Their ability to pay rent and buy groceries.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a Democratic Party which increasingly has become a party of identity politics, rather than understanding that the vast majority of people in this country are working class. This trend of workers leaving the Democratic Party started with whites, and it has accelerated to Latinos and Blacks.”

From Salon

If representation is important—Harris did not go wild on identity politics, but her biography was front and center—then working-class representation must be important.

From Slate

And maybe it’s time for Democrats to ease up on identity politics.

From Los Angeles Times