Avoiding the Identity Trap

Johns Hopkins professor and political scientist Yascha Mounk returns to the podcast to chronicle how postmodernism, postcolonialism, and critical race theory came together to create a well-intentioned but counterproductive set of ideas around identity and social justice. Yascha and Andrew discuss universal values, intersecting identities, and how separating people by identity may have unintended consequences that could bolster right-wing extremism.Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/z-ROfxXAe-AThe Identity Trap - https://amzn.to/460HFsyFollow Yascha Mounk: https://yaschamounk.com | https://twitter.com/Yascha_MounkFollow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang