African Americans in the Black Lives Matter Protests of the Police

African Americans in the Black Lives Matter protests of the police killings of young black men as well as feminist efforts to bring attention to sexual misconduct in the workplace are often, at least in the popular media, described as examples of identity politics at work.The term, however, as used by political scientists more broadly refers to:

A) any group identity that can shape political behavior.
B) racial or ethnic and gender identity, as mixed with partisan identity.
C) political attitudes, as they mix with racial or ethnic and gender identities.
D) zero-sum games among racial and ethnic groups, as well as between men and women.