“Latine” suffers from the same problem, which is that it’s mainly driven by the concerns and politics of highly educated white people, along with the small fraction of minorities who rely on highly educated white people for jobs, platforms, etc. The overwhelming majority of Hispanics speak a gendered language, think that’s fine, and don’t see a problem that needs solving.
I’m not opposed to “identity politics”—but I think as it’s practiced in America it’s often parasitic. Activists—often in league with white elites—trade on the group’s political capital to advance views that are unrelated to or may be directly opposed to the interests of the group. It’s morally wrong to use a minority group’s political capital for ends that aren’t aligned with what the group wants.
For example, in the context of this article: Hispanics are more supportive of increased policing than whites: https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/562738-pol.... Over the years surveys have shown this repeatedly: the majority supported stop and frisk in NYC when it existed; they were the least supportive of ending mandatory minimums, etc. Couching anti-police activism in terms of what “Latinx” or “brown” people want is just putting ethnic window dressing on white progressivism.
I’m not opposed to “identity politics”—but I think as it’s practiced in America it’s often parasitic. Activists—often in league with white elites—trade on the group’s political capital to advance views that are unrelated to or may be directly opposed to the interests of the group. It’s morally wrong to use a minority group’s political capital for ends that aren’t aligned with what the group wants.
For example, in the context of this article: Hispanics are more supportive of increased policing than whites: https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/562738-pol.... Over the years surveys have shown this repeatedly: the majority supported stop and frisk in NYC when it existed; they were the least supportive of ending mandatory minimums, etc. Couching anti-police activism in terms of what “Latinx” or “brown” people want is just putting ethnic window dressing on white progressivism.