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Culture War, The Diversity Ethic, and Nike
I’m going to talk about what’s left of the culture war. What do I mean by “culture war” and what do I mean by “what’s left of the culture war?” The culture war was originally a set of liberal vs conservative battles over pre-marital sex, abortion, school prayer, and gays in the military but morphedContinue reading “Culture War, The Diversity Ethic, and Nike”
Spectacles of Conservative Amusement: A Caution
In the 1980’s, Neil Postman wrote in Amusing Ourselves to Death about the narcotizing effect of television news becoming a form of infotainment that distracts from the issues being reported on. Fox News has long been thought of as engaging in conservative entertainment to promote the Republican Party and right-wing propaganda more generally. Laura IngrahamContinue reading “Spectacles of Conservative Amusement: A Caution”
Critical Race Theory And Its Conservative Critics
In 1989, a youngish black law professor named Kimberle Crenshaw introduced two terms into academic discourse—“critical race theory” and “intersectionality.” Of the two terms, “critical race theory” became a significant school of legal thought and is taught mostly in law schools while “intersectionality” has had a monumental impact on sociology, anthropology, history, and any fieldContinue reading “Critical Race Theory And Its Conservative Critics”
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