David Bernstein

Tal Fortgang, a Manhattan Institute fellow and civil rights lawyer, teams up with David E. Bernstein, a George Mason law professor and author, to tackle rising anti-Semitism on campuses. They discuss the historic Columbia settlement and effective legal strategies for protecting Jewish students. The duo critically examines the relationship between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, advocating for a shift towards grassroots advocacy. They also explore the complexities of civil rights laws impacting Jewish identities and the necessity of a robust response from organizations to confront contemporary challenges.

Guests Kmele Foster, Chloé Valdary, and David Bernstein discuss Ron DeSantis' war on wokeness, Kmele's position on race abolition, the relationship between Black and Jewish Americans, controversy over DeSantis's rejection of an AP curriculum, balancing critical thinking and boundaries in education, cultivating norms instead of relying only on legislation, the problem of unquestioned grievances in identity politics, defining socialism, bias, and oppression, meaningful conversations and shorthand labels, and exploring the historical context and impact of school integration.

David Bernstein, Professor at George Mason University Law School and executive director of their Liberty and Law Centre, discusses the definition of race, problems with racial categorization, race-based affirmative action, racial fraud trials, malleability of racial identity, and the prospect of 'a separation of race and state'