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When we think of martyrs of race realism, the people whose lives and livelihoods were destroyed for promoting race realism, we naturally tend to think of academics and political commentators. James Watson, discoverer of DNA, was unpersoned and rendered unemployable for saying that Africans were less intelligent than other races. John Derbyshire, once a fan favorite among National Review readers, was expelled from Con Inc for his 2012 Takimag article “The Talk: Nonblack Version” in which he dropped a barrage of unpleasant yet undeniable facts about blacks. (more…)

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When I left the theater after watching the Safdie brother’s film Uncut Gems, I wanted to take a shower to get all the sleaze off of me. In many ways this is a revolting picture, yet still educational and somewhat red-pilling if approached from the proper mindset. Along with starring NBA basketball star Kevin Garnett as himself, the film’s biggest selling point is the appearance of comic actor Adam Sandler in his first gritty, dramatic role. (more…)

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Alex Preda
Framing Finance: The Boundaries of Markets and Modern Capitalism
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009

How is it that formerly socially unacceptable activities become acceptable? One can point to numerous examples throughout history of seemingly sudden reversals or alterations of social norms. Some of these, of course, work in favor of the greater good (however defined), others clearly do not. (more…)