Identity politics is a currently controversial political outlook. Oppose to the philosophy of individualism and the approach of implementing broad changes across the board, identity politics takes the view of grouping certain demographics together. These groups will be exclusively part of socio-political legislation, schemes and laws as well as cultural changes accepted by the majority of the public. Identity politics is a big talking point in the U.S.A. A huge element of this is based on race. There is a culture in America that normalizes the frequent use of labels (e.g. African American). Contextually, it was only in the 1960’s/1970 the black population became equal in the eyes of the law and government. This is a recent date relative to the time scale of politics and culture. This means that after the law is finally ‘fixed’ the next step is for society and culture to catch up. Most people would argue this is still taking place today in America. For example, there is still deep rooted racism in the police force, so deep that most of the police officers are unaware of their wrong doings. The geology of inner city suburbs also show such a divide of who is in poverty and who is not. These factors are derived from the more serious problems from the past (e.g. slavery) that have trickled down into these problems that are still prevalent. This is where identity politics comes in. People believe that there should be more implementation of support to certain social groups that have been oppressed or still to this day are being oppressed. On the surface this ideology seems to be an obvious morally correct stance. However there are other arguments that are made regarding this, one of them being that it may exclude the idea of the individual , thus forming unnecessary stereotypes and intensified political divide.

With the world becoming increasingly globalized, there has been an increase in migration and movement in labor forces. This has resulted in the already diverse world becoming even more diversified in different cultures. Not only immigration but already existing cultures that originated up to a century ago and cultures that have always existed to a certain extent like the LGBT community are also involved in the diversification of culture. These sections of the the population have spoken up during recent decades, especially, as well as there opposing sides. This creates culture war. Even though there may be a lack of tanks and artillery on the battlefield, the issues are just as serious and there is still a presence of violence. The culture wars are closely intertwined with identity politics. Culture wars is what sparks the flame for protests and rebellion on the platform of identity politics. It can be a dangerous game to play when groups of the population become tribal and aggressive to other ‘tribes’ even though it is not themselves that gave them or the opposing ‘their’ labels. This problematic factor provokes the question whether identity politics is the right way forward or at least where the line should be drawn in the sand.