Richard Hanania

Well, I would make a distinction between that and the earlier stuff. I mean, there's a long intellectual tradition of people not believing in And that kind of naive sort of form of direct democracy going back to the American founders to today, and even before the American founders going back to the ancient Greeks.

And, you know, I said Appalachians and inner city Baltimore, I was saying generally poor communities, which are on average, um, you know, less informed about politics and have views that, you know, might not be the most coherent about making policy. Bringing up the Jews in that context was defending, you know, Jews saying, accepting your premise, if Jews do control America, what's the alternative?

And, you know, I said Appalachians and inner city Baltimore, I was saying generally poor communities, which are on average, um, you know, less informed about politics and have views that, you know, might not be the most coherent about making policy. Bringing up the Jews in that context was defending, you know, Jews saying, accepting your premise, if Jews do control America, what's the alternative?

And, you know, I said Appalachians and inner city Baltimore, I was saying generally poor communities, which are on average, um, you know, less informed about politics and have views that, you know, might not be the most coherent about making policy. Bringing up the Jews in that context was defending, you know, Jews saying, accepting your premise, if Jews do control America, what's the alternative?

Jews could, quote, unquote, control America in your views, the views of the anti-Semites, because they are disproportionately a smart, educated community. group of people. And I say smart, educated people having disproportionate power in society is a good thing. So I don't see that as racist or hateful or anything like that.

Jews could, quote, unquote, control America in your views, the views of the anti-Semites, because they are disproportionately a smart, educated community. group of people. And I say smart, educated people having disproportionate power in society is a good thing. So I don't see that as racist or hateful or anything like that.

Jews could, quote, unquote, control America in your views, the views of the anti-Semites, because they are disproportionately a smart, educated community. group of people. And I say smart, educated people having disproportionate power in society is a good thing. So I don't see that as racist or hateful or anything like that.

While those quotes you write at the beginning, I will grant you that those are things that I wouldn't stand by and nobody else should.

While those quotes you write at the beginning, I will grant you that those are things that I wouldn't stand by and nobody else should.

While those quotes you write at the beginning, I will grant you that those are things that I wouldn't stand by and nobody else should.

I had an article which eventually turned into my book, The Origins of Vogue, which argued that a lot of the cultural issues that conservatives were mad about, a lot of the ideas about disparate impact, a lot of the ideas that you couldn't be hard on crime because it has an impact on one group of people more than the other group of people, or you couldn't have standardized tests and so forth.

I had an article which eventually turned into my book, The Origins of Vogue, which argued that a lot of the cultural issues that conservatives were mad about, a lot of the ideas about disparate impact, a lot of the ideas that you couldn't be hard on crime because it has an impact on one group of people more than the other group of people, or you couldn't have standardized tests and so forth.

I had an article which eventually turned into my book, The Origins of Vogue, which argued that a lot of the cultural issues that conservatives were mad about, a lot of the ideas about disparate impact, a lot of the ideas that you couldn't be hard on crime because it has an impact on one group of people more than the other group of people, or you couldn't have standardized tests and so forth.

A lot of that was kind of baked into civil rights law, not necessarily the text of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. but a lot of judicial interpretation and executive action that came in the years and decades that followed. So I was arguing that conservatives were upset about this thing they called DEI or wokeness, and they were seeing it as mainly a cultural issue.

A lot of that was kind of baked into civil rights law, not necessarily the text of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. but a lot of judicial interpretation and executive action that came in the years and decades that followed. So I was arguing that conservatives were upset about this thing they called DEI or wokeness, and they were seeing it as mainly a cultural issue.

A lot of that was kind of baked into civil rights law, not necessarily the text of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. but a lot of judicial interpretation and executive action that came in the years and decades that followed. So I was arguing that conservatives were upset about this thing they called DEI or wokeness, and they were seeing it as mainly a cultural issue.

Oh, look at Target, look at the State Department, look at what they're all doing. And my argument was like, there is a policy agenda here that you can focus on.

Oh, look at Target, look at the State Department, look at what they're all doing. And my argument was like, there is a policy agenda here that you can focus on.

Oh, look at Target, look at the State Department, look at what they're all doing. And my argument was like, there is a policy agenda here that you can focus on.

So it was right away, it was something that conservatives were already interested in. And they just wanted to, they needed to understand there was a kind of, you know, a policy solution to the problems they were concerned about. You know, at some point, I wrote a review, Vivek Ramaswamy, when he was, you know, unknown before he was running for president, wrote a book called Woke Inc.