Critiquing the Heterodox Community on Race and Reason - Braver Angels

Critiquing the Heterodox Community on Race and Reason

I find myself on Twitter perhaps a little more than is healthy. But one thing that has been very healthy for me is interacting with Will Fullwood (mathematics teacher, host of the Contraband Wagon) Brandon Bradford (writer and consultant) and Dr. Mansa Keita (PhD computer science) as they’ve criticized conservatives and traditional liberals (sometimes myself) for the blindspots on race and reason they see as being prevalent in the online heterodox community.

Do “classical liberals” and others in the cross-partisan conversational space deceived themselves into thinking they are objective? Is “colorblindness” really a problem? Watch the conversation and decide for yourself!

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