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James Lindsay

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An American-born author, mathematician, and professional troublemaker, Dr. James Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects including religion, the philosophy of science and postmodern theory. He is a leading expert on Critical Race Theory, which leads him to reject it completely. He is the founder of New Discourses and currently promoting his new book "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody," which is currently being translated into more than fifteen languages.

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A First-Amendment Case for Freedom from the Woke Religion

The question of whether or not the worldview and practice—for practice it intentionally is—going variously by the names “Social Justice,” “Critical Social Justice,” or, more colloquially, “Woke” constitutes a religion is one of some general interest that seems to be growing.

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The Woke Creation Myth

The genesis of injustice.

How Your Organization Can Resist Woke Social Pressure

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How Your Organization Can Resist Woke Social Pressure

If you own a business or run an organization, there’s a fairly good chance that you might be concerned about how you can resist the social pressure of the “Woke” mob, should it come yelling (or tweeting).

2+2 Never Equals 5

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2+2 Never Equals 5

“Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2=4. If that is granted, all else follows” -George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four

The Complex Relationship between Marxism and Wokeness

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The Complex Relationship between Marxism and Wokeness

People who observe that Marxism is somehow tied into all of this Woke stuff, then, are certainly not wrong, but it just as certainly isn’t Marxism.

How to Talk to Your Employers About Anti-Racism

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How to Talk to Your Employers About Anti-Racism

The 1960s ended, in fact, some half a century ago. Nonetheless, they all share a concern that their employer, university, or children’s school seems to think otherwise and is therefore requiring an affirmation to a very specific understanding of “racism” and “anti-racism”.

Saying No to Critical Race Theory

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Saying No to Critical Race Theory

I want to explain Critical Race Theory to you. I just want to help you understand it, so I sat down with my microphone and no real plan except to talk through the claims, history, and thought of Critical Race Theory, highlighting where it came from and why it's a terrible way to think about race and racism, in its own ideas.

The Woke Breaking Point Die Woke Belastungsgrenze

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Die Woke Belastungsgrenze

Fast jeder hat einen Woke Belastungsgrenze. Ein Punkt von Peak Woke. Oder zumindest sollten sie es tun.

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The Diversity Delusion

We're being lied to, and it's been costing us a fortune, both economically and socially.

Wokeness and Its Not-at-all-racist Doctrines of Disempowerment

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Wokeness and Its Not-at-all-racist Doctrines of Disempowerment

This isn't empowerment. It's disempowerment, even if we discount the other costs of such a not-at-all-racist doctrine.

A Beginner's Curriculum on Critical Race Theory

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A Beginner’s Curriculum on Critical Race Theory

There is currently a tremendous need to understand a previously obscure branch of academic thought called Critical Race Theory.

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Postmodern Religion and the Faith of Social Justice

Increasingly, we are seeing insistences that Social Justice has become a new religion.

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White Silence is NOT Violence

Here’s a pretty simple truth that keeps getting harder to believe: you don’t have to be an activist—not for a cause, not for a party, not for anything.

A Principled Statement of Opposition to Critical Race Theory: An Excerpt from 'Cynical Theories'

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A Principled Statement of Opposition to Critical Race Theory: An Excerpt from ‘Cynical Theories’

Last year, Helen Pluckrose and I dedicated most of our time to writing a book about how “activist scholarship” has risen to prominence and created societal conditions that threaten to rip our societies apart.

Sharing Size: Nine Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

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Sharing Size: Nine Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

As unlikely as it seems, a highly obscure academic theory known as Critical Race Theory has completely mainstreamed in society, and now everyone is discussing it.

Eight Big Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

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Eight Big Reasons Critical Race Theory Is Terrible for Dealing with Racism

As unlikely as it seems, a highly obscure academic theory known as Critical Race Theory has completely mainstreamed in society, and now everyone is discussing it.

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