Sublime

Whether we want to or not, all blacks end up representing the entire race wherever we are, and given the racial landscape, the bad things we do are taken as more generally representative

Bell was an open advocate of historical revisionism and is best known for his “interest convergence” thesis, described in his 1970 book, Race, Racism, and American Law.9 This thesis holds that whites have allowed rights to blacks only when it was in their interest to do so—a dismal view that denies the possibility that any moral progress had been m

Investigations into Palestinian Authority corruption or Abbas’s rejection of peace offers are simply quashed, while exposés of Israeli intransigence merit headlines. Friedman believes the reason is anti-Semitism, the willingness to associate Jews with the worst traits in today’s world, namely, militarism, colonialism, and racism.

Tribalism is community for lonely narcissists.

When Richard first told me about them, I imagined a couple of pit bulls, and it was clear he hadn’t exaggerated their animosity. Dog fighting was a good analogy for what was going on in the hallway. I noticed that Richard’s door was open, but I wondered if he wasn’t in because he didn’t intervene. But he could very well be in there, I thought, list

By changing the context in which two things are compared, you submerge certain features and force others to the surface.

“a country club Klan.”

some American Jewish journalists flag their Jewishness as a credential for criticizing Israel.

we have to search for a more objectively true account.