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As with nearly any human conflict there are differences in standards or applications of " justice ", " fairness " or " equality ", and " racialists " may be perceived as showing favoritism, putting them closer to the " racist " associations they wished to avoid.

Identity politics are often vulnerable to bias resulting from the ( subconscious ) perception that the undesirable qualities / actions of individuals from the favored group ( s ), are merely isolated incidents that do not reflect strongly on the favored group, while the undesirable qualities / actions of members the unfavored group ( s ), are useful for making generalizations about the unfavored group ( s ).

Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers describes this general tendency: [...] you have the following kinds of verbal things that people do, apparently quite unconsciously.

If you ’ re a member of my group and you do something good, I make a general statement: “ Noam Chomsky is an excellent person .” Now if you do something bad, I give a particular statement, “ Noam Chomsky stepped on my toe .”