For Racial Healing, Reject Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory proceeds upon a number of core tenets, the first and most central of which is that racism is the ordinary state of affairs in our society.
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Why Schools Are Teaching Our Kids “Social Justice”
When it comes to our children's schools, many of us will conclude that it's necessary and important in our modern, progressive world for our children to learn about these sorts of issues.
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To Boldly Go: Critical Animal Studies, the Final Frontier
Compitus may seem fringe, but she is working from the assumptions, and toward the aspirations, of a distinct critical social theory of relatively recent vintage (predictably) known as Critical Animal Studies (CAS).
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The Poverty of “Lived Experiences”
This rhetoric is, by design, meant to paint political dissidents as myopic stooges who are unwilling to “listen to the Lived Experiences of marginalized people,” thus making them unwittingly complicit in systems of oppression.
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Ideological Gatekeeping and the Future of Peer Review
The circumventing of peer review is a strategy increasing employed by activists in fields across the university.
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The Great Silencing of America and the Hallmarks of Woke Totalitarianism
America's own history always moved in favor of including everyone under its umbrella, starting with the emancipation of the black slaves, and continuing with the achievement of women's suffrage, and eventually, universal suffrage. Totalitarian movements, in contrast, once it becomes possible, will always move in the opposite direction.
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No, Science Isn’t a “Social Construct”
When Woke people (critical constructivists) say that science is a social construct, what they mean by that is "science is a political construct."
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GamerGate: How Gamers Were the First to Stand Up Against Grievance Social Justice
GamerGate is the canary in the Woke coal mine that you’ve probably never looked closely at, but once you do, you see that it represents the victory of the honest person in the comments section winning over the dishonest journalist writing the article.
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Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise that Everything is About Race
Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F. Saad is just the thing to carry round if you want to signal that you are not just talking the intersectional talk, but doing the work (and in these post-Black Lives Matter times, that’s what we’re supposed to do, right?).
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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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Activist Violence in Context
The real trouble with activist violence has less to do with efficacy than with democracy.
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The Most Dangerous Place To Be
Most of the young people currently demolishing America’s statues were born too late to have picked up the habit from watching the attacks on statues of Lenin in the early 1990s, or of Saddam Hussein in the early 2000s.
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History Killers: Illinois Rep. Calls for End to History Education
Illinois State Representative, LaShawn K. Ford, held a press conference in Evanston to call for the suspension of history classes in Illinois public schools.
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How Critical Social Justice Theory Cuts the Heart out of Therapy
A healing ethos is the heart of therapy: it is characterised by an unwavering commitment to the flourishing of the person who is seeking your help.
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Sticks and Stones: Coping with Offensive, Hurtful, Insensitive, & Otherwise Unwelcome Speech
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” For generations, American children were taught this simple rhyme...but what about when words do hurt?
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Antifa is Our Only Hope: A Satire
The Anti-fascist movement—often abbreviated as Antifa—has been around since fascists first came to power in the early 1900s. But more recently, beginning with the election of President Donald Trump, Antifa…
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How “Indigenous Ways of Knowing” Works In Venezuela
The concept of “indigenous ways of knowing” is increasingly popular in North American universities. However, this enthusiasm is largely abstract, for educational institutions have not yet processed the implications. In Venezuela, my experience as an educator has been different.
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Redefining “Racism”: Against Activist Lexicography
In early June, Merriam-Webster announced its intention to update its entry on “racism.”
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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).
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