A key underexamined assumption of the progressive "identity" left is that ideology does most of the work of hate---even among leaders.
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And both approaches are systematic, and potentially complementary: calling hate hate is a means of consciousness raising among the folk.
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Meanwhile, shifting the dominant culture is a means of consciousness raising, frankly, among the ruling class.
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(the ruling class here very very broadly conceived, and including many 'middle class' Americans)
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Also, "ideology does the work of hate" is just a restatement of Baldwin's insight that "the innocence constitutes the crime."
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