Professor Osamudia James of the University of Miami School of Law recently published "Valuing Identity" in the Minnesota Law Review.  Using Black identity as an example, she argues that identity politics are "[m]ore than just a useful vehicle for antidiscrimination efforts[;] [they] are also important social goods, central to a properly functioning democracy, and integral to political and social resilience among minoritized identity groups."  Professor James critiques American courts for adopting "'colorblind' legal analysis" and proposes that they move beyond framing racial identity in negative terms such as stigmatic harm and focus on the positive aspects of identity for minoritized groups.