Leaders Need to Promote an ‘American National Identity,’ Not Identity Politics: Carol Swain

Leaders Need to Promote an ‘American National Identity,’ Not Identity Politics: Carol Swain
Retired Vanderbilt University professor Carol M. Swain in an interview on NTD's Capitol Report, on May 19, 2022. NTD/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Masooma Haq
Steve Lance
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No doubt that the Buffalo shooting is tragic and motivated by hate, but retired Vanderbilt University professor Carol M. Swain believes we need to address the underlying issues that create this type of hate and division. She said our leaders need to bring people together by promoting an American identity instead of pushing identity politics.

“In that book, “The New White Nationalism,” I argue that we needed to reject identity politics and multiculturalism,” Swain said during an interview with NTD’s Capitol Report. “In America, we need to focus on the American national identity. And I think that that is where we need to be.”
Masooma Haq began reporting for The Epoch Times from Pakistan in 2008. She currently covers a variety of topics including U.S. government, culture, and entertainment.
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