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Category: <span>Civil Rights</span>

Category: Civil Rights

Steve King Broke the First Rule of Fight Club

Steve King Broke the First Rule of Fight Club

By Chris Ladd January 20, 2019 January 20, 2019

Trading their hoods for bright red hats, Trump voters are fighting to bring racism back into the daylight. They don’t realize how much power they have already lost, or the scale of the backlash they have triggered.

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It’s Still Confederate Heroes Day in Texas

It’s Still Confederate Heroes Day in Texas

By Chris Ladd January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019

The Civil War isn’t over, and the good guys haven’t won yet.

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How Conservative Women Protect Rapists

How Conservative Women Protect Rapists

By Chris Ladd October 4, 2018 September 10, 2019

Many of the unlikeliest foot soldiers against women’s rights are conservative women bitterly oppressed by this system. Most will happily battle their sisters to gain the tiniest additional scraps rather than join with them to overturn the table and benefit everyone.

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The Fire or the Arsonist?

The Fire or the Arsonist?

By Chris Ladd September 28, 2018 September 29, 2018

We can retreat from the demands of this age, hiding beyond excuses about civility or institutions, or we can engage aggressively and build a new order.

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Fukuyama is Wrong About “Identity Politics”

Fukuyama is Wrong About “Identity Politics”

By Chris Ladd September 23, 2018 September 26, 2018

In the defining conflict of our time, pluralism will win, or America will lose.

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The Tyranny of False Civility

By Chris Ladd May 21, 2018 June 4, 2018

Tell the truth as a white person among white people, and American racism loses a little more of its sanctuary, its shelter, its food. Truth is power.

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Gerson’s article on evangelicals in The Atlantic

By Chris Ladd March 13, 2018 March 13, 2018

When exploring evangelicals’ support for Donald Trump, your “broad brush” matters a lot less than the colors you paint.

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The article removed from Forbes, “Why White Evangelicalism Is So Cruel”

By Chris Ladd March 12, 2018 June 16, 2018

You will know a tree by its fruit.

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Why the Religious Right is so cruel

By Chris Ladd March 11, 2018 March 11, 2018

Perhaps, in realizing what America actually is, we can earn a chance to become what we always thought we were.

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Fake news highlights the instability of monocultures

By Chris Ladd February 14, 2018 February 14, 2018

Diversity is about more than the humane tolerance of others, it is an evolutionary imperative. We will master a world of looser, more diverse cultural ties, or fall behind those who do.

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