Tag Archives: Affirmative Action

Quick Takes – The Latest Things That Are Now Racist: Jedi Knights; Baby Carriers; Classical Music

Posted on November 4, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: EVERYTHING IS TEH RACISM!!1!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Educational Equity In Action: The Three “R’s” Purged From Diploma Requirements; Equity-Based Honors Program; Re-Segregation Of Schools

Posted on August 26, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Dumbing down the kids for Social Justice!      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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Explaining Critical Race Theory, Explained

Posted on June 15, 2021 by The Political Hat

     From the website that brought you “Whiteness” as a “disease”, come an “explainer” about Critical Race Theory for “White people” that is a combination of snarky dishonesty and Kaftatrapping. Their shtick ought to be a familiar one by now: Declare … Continue reading →

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Racial Struggle Sessions In Nevada Schools

Posted on March 16, 2021 by The Political Hat

     A “White-presenting” student, and not even a student who unequivocally White, was humiliated and denigrated for his “Whiteness” amongst a Nevada class of otherwise non-White students, including requirements that he admit his “privilege” and how he, and he alone in … Continue reading →

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Will The Suburbs Survive?

Posted on July 27, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Between the wannabe-revolutionaries rioting while Corona-chan spreads in urban cores of many cities causing people to flee (if they can), to the pivotal nature of the suburbs in elections as the swing electorate—who will determine the control of not only … Continue reading →

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Reddit Approval of Racial Hatred

Posted on July 16, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Reddit recently updated its statement on “Promoting Hate Based on Identity or Vulnerability” which is about justifying its recent massive ban of popular subreddits like r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse, by banning “hate” against “[m]arginalized or vulnerable groups” including “victims of a … Continue reading →

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Whither Columbia?

Posted on June 30, 2020 by The Political Hat

     ‘Tis an interesting confluence in the year 2020, where statues of Columbus, et al., are being torn down because of “racism”, including by the California state Senate which ironically voted to endorse racial discrimination by removing the prohibition of the … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Unwelcome in College: Affirmative Action Bake Sales; Teaching Conservative Political Thought; Male Authors

Posted on October 3, 2019 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Drive out the unbelievers of wokeness!!1!      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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The Veil of John Rawls’ Ignorance

Posted on October 3, 2016 by The Political Hat

     John Rawls is a name that few Americans are familiar with, let alone a name many, if not most, conservative are unfamiliar with.   Yet his major works, “A Theory of Justice” and “Political Liberalism” have served as the lens through … Continue reading →

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Equity vs. Essentialism

Posted on September 28, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Two of the major contrasts between Leftist thought and conservatism (in the Anglospheric vein) are: Whether human beings are tabula rasa upon which society can writ large vs. the idea that human nature actually exists; and society should reflect an … Continue reading →

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