identity politics

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. political activity or movements based on or catering to the cultural, ethnic, gender, racial, religious, or social interests that characterize a group identity.

Example Sentences

A sharper debate has opened over social and cultural issues: Should Democrats break with the identity politics — the stuff Republicans deride as “woke” — that animates much of their progressive wing?

From Los Angeles Times

Democrats, the story continued, are perceived by many Americans as being out of touch and too focused on “identity politics.”

From Salon

And this is important because in his own way the vice-president is a follower of the modern creed his Maga allies claim to hate - identity politics.

From BBC

For the more centrist wing of the party, the problem is the Democrats are fighting for the wrong things, having lurched too far left on culture war and identity politics.

From Los Angeles Times

It is, essentially, identity politics, in the derogatory sense in which critics of identity politics often use the term.

From Slate