The Identity Trap

"There are two kinds of political scientists: The types who deal with noisy data and post on Twitter with a bunch of caveats. And then there are the types who write books about identity politics." Where to find us: 

• Twitter

• Peter's other podcast, 5-4

• Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase

Sources:

• Sam  Huneke's "Yascha Mounk’s Woke Straw Man"

• Jacob T. Levy's "The Defense of Liberty Can’t Do Without Identity Politics"

• Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's "Elite Capture"

• Aaron Huertas's "We Need to Talk About Reactionary Centrists"

• Mary Lin Elementary under federal investigation

• Parents refute claims of segregation at Mary Lin Elementary School

• School Segregation in Metropolitan Regions, 1970–2000

• 60 Years After Brown

• School choice and racial segregation in US schools

• Student Population Has Significantly Diversified, But Many Schools Remain Divided Along Racial, Ethnic, and Economic Lines

• U.S. public school students often go to schools where at least half of their peers are the same race or ethnicity

• The Return of Old-Fashioned Racism to White Americans’ Partisan Preferences

• Why The Democrats Have Shifted Left Over The Last 30 Years

• Widespread misperceptions of long-term attitude change

• Trump, the 2016 Election, and Expressions of Sexism

• Changing Norms Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: The Trump Effect on Prejudice

• Changes in Americans’ prejudices during the presidency of Donald Trump

• The CDC slide presentation

• Model-informed COVID-19 vaccine prioritization strategies

 Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!