identity police
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A person or other entity who attempts to convince another person, usually one with a…
A person or other entity who attempts to convince another person, usually one with a marginalized identity, that their identity is invalid or that they do not belong to a group with whom they claim to identify.
- The self-ordained Indian identity police have begun to spread rumors and spurious allegations on university campuses and in other institutions about persons whom they claim are imposters "masquerading as real Indians."
- On the one hand, some observers charged the Cherokee Nation with racism, of being "identity police” by excluding non-enrolled individuals.
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