As an introvert, for whom standing up in front of a crowd to receive an award and maybe even <i>give a speech</i> would be the purest and most excruciating of torments, my first thought was &quot;Sure, go ahead and give them the scut work, you racist, sexist jerks.&quot;<p>But then I remembered that other people actually <i>like</i> doing that sort of thing.<p>Aside from that, I&#x27;m pretty antipathic toward identity politics.  It&#x27;s a lot like attaching a long lever to your own head that lets other people control where it points, which is often just a way to ensure you are <i>not</i> looking at something genuinely concerning that is in a different direction.  For instance, I heard on NPR&#x27;s ATC a few days ago a segment on how feminists are pressuring women to support Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination <i>because she is a woman</i>.  But that doesn&#x27;t tell me jack squat about whether she shares or supports my values.  It was just a bunch of people grabbing an identity politics lever and yanking on it.<p>So gestures like this make me nervous.  It makes me feel as though <i>someone</i> is trying to manipulate my emotions for their own gain, except I cannot fathom how anyone could possibly gain from it.