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Unjust : social justice and the unmaking of America / Noah Rothman.

by Rothman, Noah.

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Regnery Gateway, 2019.

Social justice -- United States -- History -- 21st century.

Identity politics -- United States.

9781621577928 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Social justice and the unmaking of America

xvi, 272 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-265) and index.

Introduction -- Identitarianism -- A nation or a people? -- Truths and transgressions -- Lifting the veil -- Entry-level politics -- Victimocracy -- Violent delights -- "Throw it the hell out" -- Conclusion.

"There are just two problems with “social justice”: it’s not social and it’s not just. Rather, it is a toxic ideology that encourages division, anger, and vengeance. In this penetrating work, Commentary editor and MSNBC contributor Noah Rothman uncovers the real motives behind the social justice movement and explains why, despite its occasionally ludicrous public face, it is a threat to be taken seriously. American political parties were once defined by their ideals. That idealism, however, is now imperiled by an obsession with the demographic categories of race, sex, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which supposedly constitute a person’s “identity.” As interest groups defined by identity alone command the comprehensive allegiance of their members, ordinary politics gives way to “Identitarian” warfare, each group looking for payback and convinced that if it is to rise, another group must fall. In a society governed by “social justice,” the most coveted status is victimhood, which people will go to absurd lengths to attain. But the real victims in such a regime are blind justice—the standard of impartiality that we once took for granted—and free speech. These hallmarks of American liberty, already gravely compromised in universities, corporations, and the media, are under attack in our legal and political systems."--From publisher.

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