“In short, Kendi’s consequentialist view of racism as rooted in policy (which, however unpredictably and unintentionally, results in racial disparities) does not explain everything.”
Ibram Kendi’s Thesis Could Use a Lot More Rigor (Part II)
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Ibram Kendi’s Thesis Could Use a Lot More Rigor
“For Kendi, it is policy first and racism second. Debatable? That is a racist question. Maybe a presentist interpretation of history? Also racist.”
The False Dichotomy in Kimberlé Crenshaw’s Intersectionality
“Why is this important? Because grammar shows that Crenshaw’s distinction between identity politics and liberal universalism is artificial.”
The Dangers of Campus Speech Codes: Revisiting the Water Buffalo Affair
“The history which preceded the magazine’s shutdown and resurgence involved a controversy sufficient for the Red and Blue to be ‘expelled from the Student Activities Council (SAC)’ and to have ‘archives…trashed by the University.'”
Colin Kaepernick and a False Dichotomy
“It probably also guarantees he will not be standing anytime soon, given that these are highly charged social issues which are deeply complex and are probably not going to be ‘fixed’ in the foreseeable future.”
As the Word “Racism” Loses Its Meaning
“Ambiguity, however, is the name of the game when it comes to defining racism, while Whiteness Studies is similarly plagued with ‘critical’ obfuscation.”
What Søren Kierkegaard Can Teach the Left About Ayn Rand
“The view of Rand as a self-absorbed, even solipsistic, apologist for the greed of nefarious capitalists…was always a myopic misreading of Rand, at least if one pays close attention to her novels.”
There Is No Free Lunch: Landlords Are Not Leeches
We should support rent moratoriums—but not because landlords are ruthlessly exploiting a pandemic.
In Reply to Ben Burgis: Capitalism, Socialism, and Marx
“…one can go into business with the long-term goal of instituting a worker co-op. But the first and most fundamental aim is to supply the market with something consumers want, in as profitable a way as possible.”
Robin DiAngelo Is Correct about the Psychic Weight of Race
“Although one empirical study indicates that whiteness may not be as invisible to white people as is assumed, DiAngelo is not widely off the mark about the psychological advantages of being white.”
Shakespeare and Social Justice Ideology: Othello Is Not About Racism
“Unfortunately, I don’t think it simply comes down to the location of a portrait. In recent years, social justice ideology has infiltrated many of our institutions, especially the universities and, particularly, in the humanities.”
Why Karl Marx Is Wrong
“Running a profitable enterprise is not the same thing as Smaug guarding a pile of gold.”
Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility Theory Falls Prey to Logical Fallacies
“Unfortunately, in so blithely dismissing individualism, DiAngelo hinges her theory so heavily on collective, rather than individual, identity and experience that it dies on the sword of a logical fallacy.”