The Contradiction At the Heart of Identity Politics

Everyone knows this, but it's powerful to have it stated explicitly:

This contradiction—between urging majority groups to disown their identity and minorities to cling to theirs—lies at the heart of multiculturalism. It reflects a paternalistic white-majority elite perspective: guilt over unearned privilege combined with a desire to assert cultural superiority by adopting a more sophisticated outlook than one’s country cousins.

I will not be participating, thankyouverymuch.  By the by, there are many interesting points in the article.