"The Identity Trap" with Yascha Mounk
Conversations With Coleman
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The Social Construct Paradox and Strategic Essentialism
Exploring the paradoxical beliefs surrounding gender and race as social constructs, including the rejection of traditional norms among believers of gender as a social construct and the enforcement of strict rules surrounding racial identity among believers of race as a social construct. Also discussing the concept of strategic essentialism and its potential misuse, as well as critiquing the co-optation of the term and academic life in the US.
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