Opinion: Identity politics wasn’t supposed to be like this

Ultimately, identity is a set of characteristics you inherit. But what you make of that inheritance is character. And character counts far more than identity or even ideology.

FILE — A road sign in Ann Arbor, Mich. on June 27, 2026. (Daniel Ribar/The New York Times)

FILE — A road sign in Ann Arbor, Mich. on June 27, 2026. (Daniel Ribar/The New York Times)

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