ZeroHedge reports “Trump Taps Chris Rufo To Help De-Wokify Ivy Leagues Receiving Federal Funds.” Funding DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by favoring certain ethnic, racial, religious, or gender groups, the latter only legitimate where it is based on recognition of objective gender differences (what equity actually means, not the Kamala Harris’ notion of “equality of outcomes”).
Why we have allowed affirmative action and DEI to persist for more than half a century after that monumental piece of legislation liberating individuals from group categories testifies to the corruption of our institutions and mass consciousness by progressivism. We were supposed to have eliminate the boxes, not double down on putting people in them. Capitalists found a new way of disordering the proletarian ranks, essentially flipping discrimination from minorities to the majority.
I confess that I was for a long time part of the problem (I have confessed this before on Freedom and Reason), having bought into the arguments of systemic racism and related notions. This was due to my upbringing—I escaped religion of Christianity, but not the religion of progressivism—and my training in sociology, a discipline that teaches its students to treat abstractions as if they were real and concrete things.
The past decade has for me been a journey of awakening and rediscovery of the liberal in me. It forced me to rethink some of my positions to align with my core values. This work straightened me out. I am in a much better place now. Waking up is more than an intellectual exercise; it’s an emotional and psychological experience. One finds peace of mind in consistency. It takes courage. And losing people along the way. But it’s worth it.
Activists like Rufo are playing a crucial role in the movement to reclaim our freedom and reason. The Manhattan Institute has quite a few of these types of thinkers. Heather Mac Donald is another one. Check out the site.
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