To the Editor:
I do not agree with Mark Lilla’s assertion in “How Colleges Are Strangling Liberalism” (The Chronicle Review, August 20) that liberals have not made progress since the 1960s due to the presence of identity politics. It is easy to say they haven’t, especially after the most recent presidential election, but the existence of identity politics actually proves that our country has progressed. More than ever before, students are able to define themselves and create personal meaning through their unique identities. The ability to construct one’s own identity was not fully accepted in the 1960s. Identity is now a prevalent topic on college campuses for a reason, and there is no proof that identity politics swayed the election.
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