You'll be surprised to hear this, but this New Yorker profile is an accurate, fair, and thoughtful account of my fight against critical race theory. My sense is that many center-left liberals are starting to turn on CRT.https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/how-a-conservative-activist-invented-the-conflict-over-critical-race-theory …
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I enjoyed spending time with the author, Benjamin Wallace-Wells, who was candid, open-minded, and curious even when we came to points of disagreement. We need more conversations like this: sticking to our convictions, but engaging in good faith with the other side.
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Two answers for the commenters: -Not sure why the artist gave me a chubby face! -I think "invented" is accurate in the sense that I framed the issue in a new way and did the investigative reporting that sparked much of this debate. I don't take it negatively.
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the word “invention” originally meant “discovery,” thus the Roman Church celebrates the Invention of the Cross, not its unearthing, or discovery. Behind this etymological shift we may, I think, glimpse the whole Platonic doctrine of archetypes - of all things being already there
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Politics is a creative process, an entrepreneurial endeavor. Intellectuals invent the ideas, concepts, and frames that sometimes make the world move.
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