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Book Review: The Origins Of Woke

Astral Codex Ten Podcast

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Challenging the Effectiveness of US Civil Rights Law

The book 'The Other Thesis' argues that US Civil Rights Law is bad due to its history. The original Civil Rights Act of 1964 aimed to address anti-black racism, with added sections on sex discrimination as a strategic move by opponents. The author critiques affirmative action and disparate impact clauses as integral rather than supplementary parts of the law.

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