I haven ' t heard anyone explicitly say we need to ditch identity politics . I ' ve heard the argument that identity politics alone is not enough , and at the end of the day this article doesn ' t dispute that . I get the initial cringe when people hear an old white man like Bernie Sanders saying that being a woman is not enough , but it ' s true . We need to practice what we preach , elevate disadvantaged communities and give them louder voices not just in election years , make sure everyone has their basic needs met clean drinking water , access to food , healthcare , and livable wages and stop running on kicking the can down the road to another election cycle . Keep identity politics but not as a crutch , as an asset .