From the campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, this is the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, bringing the activity and education of the college to listeners across the country.

Here's your host, Scott Bertram.

Hello again, everybody, and welcome in to another edition of The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour.

On this episode, we'll talk with Mickey Craig from Hillsdale's Politics Department about

Identity Politics. Claudia Rosette, senior foreign policy fellow with the Independent Women's

Forum, has been reporting on the ground from Hong Kong.

We'll talk with her.

And from Hillsdale's English department, Dwight Lindley returns for his occasional series on basic literary concepts.

This week we talk master plots.

First, we're joined by Dr. Mickey Craig, Professor of Politics, William and Bernie Scroock, Professor of Politics,

and Professor at the Van Angel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College. Dr. Mickey Craig, Professor of Politics, William Bernie Krucock, Professor of Politics,

and Professor at the Van Angel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College. Dr. Craig,

thanks for joining us. Very happy to be here.

Wanted to discuss with you this term. We hear a lot more of these days. Identity politics,

and we're hearing a lot more now, especially as we ramp up with 2020. This is a term that many of our listeners likely have heard of, perhaps they even use it in their conversations,

lets us define what we mean when we talk about identity politics. Okay. Well, I think the simple

definition and the most common sense side of it is identity politics

means how do you identify in your political leanings?

It's something, it's become something different over the years.

But generally speaking, the identity politics means how do you choose to identify who you are?

And then that choice means then I am part of this group.

Okay.

...