Identity can be productive and challenging, but it becomes dangerous when it shrinks our world

Who are you? It is deceptively simple question that can determine not just who you think you are but who other people think you are.

It is question that asks to reveal your identity and, in this age of identity, the stakes are high.

Who you are can determine how you think, how you act, and particularly how you vote.

The recent US presidential election again reminded us how deeply fractured America is along identity lines, especially race and class.

Black Americans overwhelmingly vote for the Democrats, while Donald Trump’s support base remained the white working poor. Of course, there is movement at the margins, but those fault lines now seem baked in to American politics.