United States, California – Identity Politics

June 14, 2023

United States, California

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Identity Politics

Padmini Arhant

California electorate representation in the United States Senate – the CA Governor Gavin Newsom’s statement in the latest interview citing the criteria on race viz. identity politics when asked about the soon to be vacant seat replacing nonagenarian Senator Dianne Feinstein with African American candidate increasingly make the democrat party transformation to one race party i.e. African American party predominantly for political reason.

California is a state representative of multiracial multicultural and transnational from all over the world.

The democrat party proposal on reparation transferring the entire liability on historic injustice tied to race relations on Californians who are not even remotely responsible for that history and importantly with no evidence of slave ownership by present Californians or their earlier generations, yet Californians expected to foot the bill again highlight democrat party’s  political expediency.

Furthermore, California is also home to significant Asian Americans who are relevantly the highest tax payers ranging from income, property to business taxes other than taxes on goods and services procurement exceeding above average.

Accordingly, the demographic percentage from Asia appropriately deserve representation and recognition for their substantial valuable contribution to every city, county and the golden state of California.

The democrat party overarching consideration to one particular race viz. African American and the politically charged, driven and funded Black Lives Matter instigated into violence and anarchy torching and scorching public and private property indiscriminately across cities and states in the West Coast on world view elaborate political exploitation.

In the contemporary setting with long established affirmative action and many opportunities made available to address historic injustice. Afrocentric cause although having connection with South is served in many different ways unlike other demography like native Americans whose plight is associated with California.

The results of Afrocentric development are evidenced in political, sports, entertainment and economic success among members of African American race.

There is no doubt the trickle down effect reaching the actual segments in the lower income and lowest in economic strata are lacking and that could be attributed to government policy and plan not encompassing the inner city woes such as better schools, curbing crimes and social engineering directing community to help each other with family providing necessary care and financial assistance to members in the household especially children often neglected and abandoned by father.

The idea of accommodating African Americanness as the exclusive onus on California is plain politics that do not bode well for the party or for the state with the economic burden shared among diverse human population belonging to plethora of racial and cultural identity.

Finally, if identity politics is critical for a political party, then the incumbent head of the state of California, Governor Gavin Newsom could have yielded the recall outcome to African American Republican challenger and radio talk show host Larry Elder in September 2021. The gesture then could have allowed an African American to head the state per democrat party’s current disposition on equating racial identity.

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