Biometrics are better received for digital identity, socio-economic development, air travel and remote identity verification, but not public surveillance.
but, why this republican frenzy for identity regulation now? it s not the individual identity, it s the collective identity of america. america s more diverse, and more accepting than it s ever been, and that is the identity that republicans want to suppress. it made me think of the fight around americas historical identity, that it s happening right now in virginia, at the home of america s fourth president james madison, montpelier. since 2018, montpelier had been a radical idea, it was run with active input from the descendants of its slave people who lived there, until they were essentially booted last month. some of the defendants are descended from both the enslaved and the enslavers. james french is the chair of the montpelier descendants committee, and his defense descended from both enslaved people and enslavers. here s what he told me on my washington post broadcast, on how he views the true history of the founding fathers.
now governor glenn youngkin s 2021 campaign and the successful trial run of the republican playbook that we were just talking about. youngkin s win convinced republicans that there is a path after trump. if that they can present the republican voter as not a cue wearing, cuckoo swear where that rally. but he stricken white whether afraid of her son encountering material at school. pay no attention to the fact that the mother is a longtime republican activist, or that the book was tony morrison s pulitzer prize-winning novel, beloved. which was part of the senior year ap english curriculum for her nearly adult son who went on to work in the trump white house. but why this republican frenzy for identity regulation now? ? it is not the individual right it is the collective identity. america is more diverse and accepting than it has ever been. and that is the identity that republicans want to suppress.