i've always felt a strong connection with martin luther king junior's dream of america where people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i advocate genuine anti racism rooted in dignity and humanity. But the ideology underlying the racial literacy guye distributed by the school n like that, instead of emphasizing our common humanity. It lumps people into simplistic racial groupings. This cynical world view is being spread like a virus by an army of paid consultants and true believers. Few people have been willing to stand up against it. At riverdale, many parents privately express concerns, but aren't willing to speak up. They fear being called races
Shermer, Weiss, and Bartning discuss: why we need the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) when we have the ACLU, the SPLC, etc.; Richard Dawkins canceled by the AHA; hate speech as violence; Liberal and Conservative attitudes toward free speech and how they shifted; private vs. public speech; government censorship vs. cancel culture; anti-Semitism on the Left and the Right; QAnon; Israel and the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestments, Sanctions); What happened at The New York Times?; why free speech is foundational to other rights; and why we need to judge people based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin (or any other immutable characteristic).