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Are identity politics making students less tolerant? | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Political scientist Yascha Mounk worries today’s students prioritize identity and reject free speech principles.
On GZERO World, political scientist Yascha Mounk sits down with Ian Bremmer to discuss his latest book, “The Identity Trap” and what he sees as a counter-productive focus on group identity that’s taken hold of mainstream US institutions, particularly in the area of education. Bremmer acknowledges that while he doesn’t always understand the nuances of how young people want to be identified, it feels legitimate that they don’t want society to define what box they’re in. “We need to have a society in which we respect everybody equally,” Mounk argues, “But that is different from saying that we should create a society where how we treat each other is deeply shaped by the group of which we’re from.” Mounk believes that a novel ideology about race and gender and sexual orientation is holding back young people from embracing diversity of thought and truly engaging with ideas that run contrary to their own. As a university professor, he worries today’s college students have been taught to define themselves by the intersection of their identity, that they’ve become skeptical of free speech principles and reject all forms of cultural appropriation, even if it denies mutual understanding.
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