Identity Politics’ Siege on Education and Assault on Science

Identity Politics' Siege on Education and Assault on ScienceVictor FernandezIdentity politics and its trusted handmaiden of DEI continue to lay siege to our institutions, this time capturing an elite math/science high school.

Students at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) staged a sit-in protest on December 8th, complaining that their preferred pronouns weren’t being used, and demanded that harsh punishments like detentions, suspensions, expulsions and the removal of leadership positions be enacted for those who commit offenses.

Not only that, but an “offending” student’s future school choice may be affected as the IMSA protesters demanded that “potential future colleges” be notified. Consequences are also extended to staff and faculty after the completion and assessment of a biased incident report. Continue reading

Why both Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton are rotten choices

Why Michelle Obama is as Rotten a Choice for President as Hillary ClintonMarie Hembree – Democrats are using identity politics again to test the waters for a ballot replacement for Joe Biden instead of finding a candidate with bona fide qualifications — and integrity.

Michelle Obama is being touted a possible candidate who could beat Donald Trump.

She was recently publicized as an executive producer of a Netflix fiction movie, along with husband Barack. Continue reading

Where the Rednecks Roam

Where the Rednecks RoamJ. B. Shurk – “We are NOT tacos.”  That rebuke from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists to FLINO Jill Biden cracks me up.  It’s always the cultural left that reduces individuals to their unessential identity politics parts while simultaneously whining about “harmful stereotypes.”  And it’s always the cultural left that says outrageously racist or stupid things about any group of Americans it sees as its own (or rather any group it thinks it owns).

If Lloyd Marcus, the beloved and much missed Unhyphenated American, were still with us today, he would have had a field day with the Bidens’ inability to treat all Americans, regardless of their backgrounds, with the respect that decent human beings deserve.

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The Black Lives Matter Paradox and the ‘Poison’ of Identity Politics

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In this episode, we discuss the rise in crime, the demoralization of police across the nation, and the “poison” of identity politics. Every institution and every meritocratic standard is being torn down, Mac Donald says, for having a disparate impact on blacks. It’s “a recipe for civilizational stasis and regression.”

Jan Jekielek: Heather Mac Donald, such a pleasure to have you back on American Thought Leaders.

Heather Mac Donald: Great to be with you again, Jan. Thank you so much. Continue reading

Arrogant Conceit and Pratfalls

identity politicsClarice Feldman – The Greeks used the word “hubris” to describe excessive arrogance and conceit. And they were wise to the fact that it leads to downfalls. Any doubt about that was surely erased by the week’s news where an Ohio jury and an incredibly hardworking, well-organized strategist — the President — put some arrogant prima donnas in their place.

Oberlin and Gibson’s Bakery and Identity Politics

If you want to follow a legal battle by someone who knows what he’s talking about, you could not do better than reading Legal Insurrection, William Jacobson’s website. For some time now he’s been documenting the lawsuit filed by Gibson’s Bakery, a five-generation family bakery near Oberlin College that was boycotted based on false claims of racism after they had several students arrested for shoplifting, a crime to which the students pled guilty. Continue reading