A number of the Democratic Party's leading contenders to unseat President Trump in 2020 are already testing the political waters, and it is clear that their appeals to race and identity politics - echoing the Obama years - will play prominent roles in their campaigns. Rather than usher in a post-racial, more unified society, the presidency of Barack Obama exacerbated America's divisions in hot-button areas of race, ethnicity, and identity. Top Democrats, Identity Politics, and the Jussie Smollett Affair: Is This the Real Collusion?
