If you’ve ever voted in America, you need a copy of this book.

“Then, as now, identity matters. I embrace identity politics because for the marginalized, the disadvantaged, and the minority groups still grappling for purchase in our politics, identity is the strongest defense against invisibility.”

“Our power to shape the future centers around the ability to submit rights, but more important, to understand the intersections of identity that deny access an opportunity. Difference is real, and to acknowledge such does no harm to the American identity as a whole. The vibrance of our identity politics reaffirms the complexity of our nation and the underpinnings of our founding. People fleeing religious persecution did so because they required a safe space where difference would be tolerated. Our progress as a nation has been yoked to the complexity of who our people are. Knowing identity matters is the first step, but the harder part is knowing how to make identity count.”

“...for so many of us, fear has always been a part of how we navigate America, especially as minority communities. Fear is a given, but fear is not a reason to vote. Hope is a reason to vote, a visible, visceral compassion for those who worry for the future and fret about the now.”