Morning Jolt: French Rioters and American Liberals

Making the click-through worthwhile: We spend some time inside the heads of white liberals and read about the riots in France.

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I wrote a piece for the most-recent print issue of  National Review:

Business is booming for Robin DiAngelo, a retired sociologist and the author of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. Since resigning from Westfield State University three years ago, DiAngelo has become a full-time "writer and presenter." What she writes about is the pathological inability of white people to understand their passive complicity in America's "white supremacist culture," and whom she presents it to is white people looking for lessons in how to overcome it. "Now breathe," she instructs her readers. "I am not saying that you are immoral. If you can remain open as I lay out my argument" — here, the argument that she can credibly judge your racism by virtue of your whiteness even if she has never met you — ...

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French Rioters and American Liberals Theodore Kupfer Making the click-through worthwhile: We spend some time inside the heads of white liberals and read about the riots in France. More on White Liberals I wrote a piece for the most-recent print issue of  National Review: Business is booming for Robin DiAngelo, a retired sociologist and the author of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. Since resigning from Westfield State University three years ago, DiAngelo has become a full-time "writer and presenter." What she writes about is the pathological inability of white people to understand their passive complicity in America's "white supremacist culture," and whom she presents it to is white people looking for lessons in how to overcome it. "Now breathe," she instructs her readers. "I am not saying that you are immoral. If you can remain open as I lay out my argument" — here, the argument that she can credibly judge your racism by virtue of your whiteness even if she has never met you — ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories The Battle over Conservative Masculinity, from Bush I to Trump David French The Right has long struggled with the notion that "toughness" requires a particular kind of angry public posture. The Man Who Got Along Conrad Black George Bush was a good man with good intentions, a fine statesman at a difficult time, but only moderately successful as a political leader. President, First Lady Pay Respects to Bush in Capitol Mairead McArdle The first couple made an unannounced visit to the Capitol Rotunda Monday evening to pay their respects to President George H.W. Bush. ADVERTISEMENT An End to Racial Preferences at Last? John Yoo and James C. Phillips The new Supreme Court may finally have a chance to let the nation live up to its commitment to end all forms of racial discrimination. One-Eyed-Jack Law Victor Davis Hanson Obama-administration officials & appointees in 2016 colluded with Clinton-campaign personnel to ensure that Trump would not be elected and, later, to make sure that his transition and early presidency would fail or be aborted. How a 2012 Law Unleashed 'Crowdfunding' — in Entertainment and Elsewhere Jibran Khan A new startup atmosphere has been flourishing. Remember Your Death for Christmas NR Interview Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP talks with NR's Kathryn Jean Lopez about her new "Remember Your Death: Memento Mori Journal," and the importance of meditating on death. CIA Director Will Brief Lawmakers on Assassination of Saudi Journalist Jack Crowe CIA director Gina Haspel will brief lawmakers Tuesday on the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 30% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: December 4, 2018 Santa Runs ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.