““The goal of our culture now is not the emancipation of the individual from the group, but the permanent definition of the individual by the group. We used to call this bigotry. Now we call it being woke.””
     — Andrew Sullivan, We All Live on Campus Now

Tags: Andrew Sullivan ? culture ? emancipation ? individual ? group ? definition ? bigotry ? woke

““The idea of individual merit — as opposed to various forms of unearned “privilege” — is increasingly suspect. The Enlightenment principles that formed the bedrock of the American experiment — untrammeled free speech, due process, individual (rather than group) rights — are now routinely understood as mere masks for “white male” power, code words for the oppression of women and nonwhites. Any differences in outcome for various groups must always be a function of “hate,” rather than a function of nature or choice or freedom or individual agency. And anyone who questions these assertions is obviously a white supremacist himself.””
     — Andrew Sullivan, We All Live on Campus Now

Tags: Andrew Sullivan ? individual merit ? Enlightenment principles ? American experiment ? free speech ? due process ? individual rights ? white male ? power ? oppression