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9/THIS is what "identity politics" are about. People who don't feel they're accepted as real Americans want to be accepted.

10/And people who don't feel they're respected want to be respected. These are basic human needs, and shouldn't be belittled.

11/Now, it's certainly true that being accepted and respected confers some material benefits. I'm not denying that.

12/If you're respected and accepted, it IS a bit easier to get a job, a promotion, a loan, a house...all that stuff. No denying it.

It is also easier to remove the really-existing material barriers (e.g. mass incarceration) to people you care about getting those things.

Yeah. But as Feynman said, "Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it."

I think the material benefits are the reason SOME are doing it, but yeah the respect stuff is what helps it be a mass movement.

Although at least for black folks, look at the numbers of middle class vs. living in materially deprived ghettoes and you might be surprised