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The Whole Truth with David Eisenhower

Identity Politics: Embracing Diversity or House Divided

Season 3 Episode 307

On both the left and the right, there are differences and divisions among groups of Americans. Are politics highlighting differences among Americans a sign of progress – ferreting out historical wrongs and establishing protection for new expressions of rights – or are we becoming once more, as we were in the lead-up to the civil war what Lincoln called “a house divided against itself”?

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