Circular Firing Squad: Cornel West, Obama, and Identity Politics

See this and this.  Ah, identity politics taken to its logical, extreme, absurd end.  Recall this.  I can hope that in the near future, everybody wakes up and realizes that identity politics is ultimately a dead end.  In the meanwhile, though, I'm going to sit back and enjoy the show.  If race-baiting comes home to roost, it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people.