Right identity politics is like picking up a gun. Left identity politics is like painting a target on your back.
When you're on the wrong end of a power gradient, strident identity is vulnerability. Historically, that's why people try to "pass" as members of more powerful groups
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Which isn't to say you shouldn't stridently perform identity from positions of weakness. Just be aware that you're taking on altruistic risk for the collective. Individual identity performance is pursuing the ends of collective action without the advantages of acting collectively

