In my attempt to republish my old work onto Medium and considering my recent interaction with people who buy into this narrative/ideology, I'm going to share my republished critique on Ibram X. Kendi's book covering Antiracism. I know this is a bit long but it might serve as a good resource for those of you who need to fight back against it.
I did a full chapter-by-chapter review of Ibram X. Kendi’s book How To Be An Antiracist because I wanted to know more about this growing trend towards identity politics. What I found was troubling. Ideas we thought died out decades ago are being revived for political benefit. Kids are no longer being taught the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr., “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Those dreams have been spun into what I imagine MLK would see as a nightmare
We find ourselves in a new age of racism. It’s a new age because we thought racism died, but we are learning it just evolved. Racism has always been a weapon for the oppressor to keep down the oppressed, but we are now seeing it used as a way to gain political power by people who claim the old racism never died or evolved. It has been here the whole time, and it is time to use the most powerful institutions in human history to create an antiracist utopia.
Kendi lays out his ideas about race and how to become an antiracist. He claims we can’t have a non-racist society anymore – we must become antiracists. I explain how he does this in my chapter-by-chapter reviews of his book, but I also wrote a final article covering the top 8 things I learned from reading his book. This is a summary of what I found:
1. The importance of setting up definitions that support the antiracist narrative
2. Kendi’s idea of antiracism is his own, less sophisticated, brand of Critical Race Theory (CRT)
3. The power of the almighty policy
4. Equity over equality
5. There is no such thing as non-racist or a race neutral position
6. Culture and behavior have no influence on each other when talking about inequitable outcomes
7. Capitalism is what stands between us and an antiracist utopia
8. If one oppression narrative is not strong enough, then combine several oppression narratives to build more oppression capital
Thanks for reading! Let me know how I did. Make sure to give the story an "applause" or a comment after you finish reading. And for you tl;dr types, check out the podcast covering this topic: The Engineering Politics Podcast #31 - The New Age Of Racism: Antiracism.
https://engpolitics.medium.com/the-new-age-of-racism-antiracism-f96c01944508
I was listening to some news updates when I heard this CNN clip about the potentially hazardous water in East Palestine, and as soon as I heard her ask the question about whether or not her guest would drink the water, I IMMEDIATELY thought of this clip from South Park. Enjoy.
In this special episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, Truman from Return To Reason is back for a new video and podcast series titled ‘Revisiting The Road To Serfdom’ where we review F.A. Hayek’s classic work, The Road To Serfdom. This episode covers ‘Chapter 15: The Prospects of International Order’.
This will be an ongoing series that covers the entire book. We put a ton of work into making this insightful and relevant, so we hope you enjoy watching/listening as much as we enjoyed reading and recording.
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In this episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, I team up with Truman from @ReturnToReason to interview one of the most intelligent and influential creators in the space of philosophy today. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and Senior Scholar at The Atlas Society. He has written many books including Explaining Postmodernism and Nietzsche and the Nazis. We bring him on to talk about the social and political issues we are currently facing in America, and the West more broadly, and what the collectivist ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau might have to do with it.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
In this special episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, Truman from Return To Reason is back for a new video and podcast series titled ‘Revisiting The Road To Serfdom’ where we review F.A. Hayek’s classic work, The Road To Serfdom. This episode covers ‘Chapter 15: The Prospects of International Order’.
This will be an ongoing series that covers the entire book. We put a ton of work into making this insightful and relevant, so we hope you enjoy watching/listening as much as we enjoyed reading and recording.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
In this episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, I team up with Truman from @ReturnToReason to interview one of the most intelligent and influential creators in the space of philosophy today. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and Senior Scholar at The Atlas Society. He has written many books including Explaining Postmodernism and Nietzsche and the Nazis. We bring him on to talk about the social and political issues we are currently facing in America, and the West more broadly, and what the collectivist ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau might have to do with it.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
In this special episode of The Engineering Politics Podcast, Truman from @ReturnToReason is back for a new video and podcast series titled ‘Revisiting The Road To Serfdom’ where we review F.A. Hayek’s classic work, The Road To Serfdom. This episode covers ‘Chapter 14: Material Conditions and Ideal Ends’.
This will be an ongoing series that covers the entire book. We put a ton of work into making this insightful and relevant, so we hope you enjoy watching/listening as much as we enjoyed reading and recording.
Become a subscriber of the Engineering Politics Locals Community to support this content. Also, consider joining the @ReturnToReason Locals Community to show Truman some support.
