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On the time J.R.R. Tolkien refused to work with Nazi-leaning publishers.

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (309+ words) In 1938, Tolkien was in negotiations with Berlin publisher Rütten & Loening about creating a German-language edition of The Hobbit; that is, until they asked for proof of Tolkien’s “Aryan descent,” due to Goebbels’ regulations on Jews’ participation n German cultural activities....

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When Academics Deny Reality

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (359+ words) You’ve no doubt heard the expression, “That’s an idea so ridiculous only an academic could believe it.” It kept coming to mind as I read Professor John Staddon’s new book Inevitable Differences: An Inquiry into Human Variation. That individuals vary…...

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7 Other Costumes Target Was Forced To Pull Due To Racist Connotations

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (144+ words) Retail giant Target came under fire this week for selling a "Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume," which essentially amounted to a kid in blackface dressed like a Jim Crow-era minstrel. Whoops! However, that wasn't the only costume Target was forced…...

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DEI, the agenda that refuses to die

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (306+ words) Although the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws dating back to 1866 prohibit nearly all racial preferences, most Americans oppose these preferences, and Donald Trump was elected vowing to eliminate DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) – progressives won't give up....

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Off Target: Popular Retail Store Pulls “Offensive” Halloween Costume From Stores – Issues Public Apology

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (239+ words) Off target. A popular chain store released it’s modern version of what some shoppers describe as the modern Jim Crow Halloween outfit. Target has spent the last several years learning an uncomfortable lesson about corporate activism: once a company decides…...

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'This is wrong and this is racist': Reactions lead to Target pulling Halloween costume and apologizing

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (140+ words) Target has removed a children's Halloween costume after it was widely criticized online over the weekend for evoking racist minstrel imagery. Target has since pulled the costume and told KARE 11, "As a company, we know we got this wrong, and…...

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'This is wrong and this is racist': Target pulls Halloween costume, apologizes after backlash

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (259+ words) MINNEAPOLIS — Target has removed a children's Halloween costume after it was widely criticized online over the weekend for evoking racist minstrel imagery. Target has since pulled the costume and told KARE 11, "As a company, we know we got this wrong,…...

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US taxpayers fund $230M in woke ‘intersectionality’ grants studying race, class and ‘privilege’: report

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (218+ words) WASHINGTON — Taxpayers are funding $230 million in largely Biden-era grants to study woke “intersectionality” — the assessing of factors such as race and class to rate “privilege’’ and potential discrimination, a new report says. The Defense of Freedom Institute and Legal Insurrection…...

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Attorney David Clements Torches the Legal Establishment After Education Department Moves to Strip the Corrupt American Bar Association of Its Power to Accredit Law Schools: “The BAR Is One of the Most Corrupt Entities on Earth”

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (486+ words) The U.S. Department of Education on Friday recommended stripping the American Bar Association of its longstanding authority to accredit nearly 200 law schools across the country. According to a leak, a 500-page staff report concluded that the group is not sufficiently “separate…...

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American academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism allegations is suspended

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (199+ words) Nathan Cofnas, the U.S. academic who raised plagiarism concerns over the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday, said on Thursday he had been suspended by Belgium’s Ghent University and was under investigation for discrimination. Arday, once hailed as Cambridge’s youngest Black professor,…...