Kudos to you Alan!!
I completely agree with your opinion on identity politics. In an ideal world we would be able to choose people who we feel represent us completely, but as we all know, this world is nothing close to ideal. We need to choose those who we believe will "best" represent our interests and ideals. I feel sympathy for those who believe they are not represented well, but I also think one should not discriminate on the outward basis of appearance. We all need to be reminded morphological characteristics can be changed and are changed over the course of evolution. As for background and life experience, I think there is too much favor given to the experiences of those with similar backgrouns "knowing" how to represent you. I am a 21 year old single mother of one, going to the U of M, and working close to full time. I do not believe there are a lot of other 21 year old single mothers that, having the same bakground and experience as I, also have the same values or want the same person representing us. I also do not think i want to be represented by someone with a similar background. What I am getting at is the fact that just because someone comes from a similar background does not guarentee they are going to represent me well or even know how I want to be represented, the outward appearance of someone or the level of similar background do not determine how well someone is going to represent me.
Nikki Wilson
Chanhassen
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