When did identity politics start in the US

Dawn of the Republic bruh. Open a history book.

It started in earnest in the 60s with Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals but in spirit it started after the third Aliyah around the end of WW I with the Bolsheviks, the migration to NYC and Palestine followed by the suffrage movement and women getting the right to vote ... that's where it all started.

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It's always been around, but the modern era began n the mid '60s when the white racism of the Democrats transitioned into the black racism of the Democrats

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what did the democrats do in the mid 60s that can be called black racism? Johnson did not look like a guy that would indulge in black racism or even entertain it. didn't he wiretap MLK Jr?

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what did the democrats do in the mid 60s that can be called black racism? Johnson did not look like a guy that would indulge in black racism or even entertain it. didn't he wiretap MLK Jr?

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He got the "you know whats" (that term he so lovingly used so often because he CARED so so much) to vote for Democrats for 50 years and counting?

Started with OBAMA

i would say that's correct mid to late 80's and bill clinton being the last traditionally elected democrat.

the thing is identity politics is a fools errand in a country that's 70% white. the danger was always going to be the creation of a white voting bloc and the distribution of minorities in the united states isn't uniform ironically minorities are most concentrated in red states. take mississippi for example 37% of the state is black that's the highest percentage in the nation yet 90% of the white vote goes to republican's. a state turns red when 60% of the white vote accrues to the republican candidate and then that trend moves up and down ballot. romney lost because he under performed his national average among white voters (60%) in the mid west performing in the low 50's where as obama performed in the mid 40's. hillary clinton under performed obama among whites in the mid west by 7 points receiving only 38% of the white vote trump on the other hand performed to his national average among white voters right at 59%.

the notion that you can put together a coalition of fruits and nuts and win elections is sophistry.

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The modern incarnation of outrage over things not worth being outraged about (white priveldge, microagressions, etc...) is tied to the philosophy of critical race theory.

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This is the correct answer in terms of what we think of as "identity politics" today.

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The modern incarnation of outrage over things not worth being outraged about (white priveldge, microagressions, etc...) is tied to the philosophy of critical race theory.

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It has a lot of twists and turns throughout history, but specifically in the modern political realm of the US, this answer above and the link are correct. This is the version you are seeing today.

The left, along with their ilk in media and academia have perfected it. Only problem is, America is clearly tired of it, but they don't care.