American politics requires candidates to separate us from them, motivating people to look for differences rather than commonalities. Dr. David C. Wilson, dean of the Goldman School at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Professor of Public Policy, argues that polarization across a host of dimensionsincluding racial, gender, partisan, religious, and ideological groupingsresults from what people want from candidates more so that who candidates are.
Co-sponsored by Critical Race and Ethnic Studies.