Hector Herrera (@hectorherrera2): "This week we’re sharing a thoughtful essay from a California high school senior who describes what it feels like when activism becomes an expectation—and questioning becomes a liability. Read it as a window into how intellectual monoculture forms earlier than university."

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This week we’re sharing a thoughtful essay from a California high school senior who describes what it feels like when activism becomes an expectation—and questioning becomes a liability.

Read it as a window into how intellectual monoculture forms earlier than university.

I have seen the oppressed vs. the oppressor narrative show up in class so many times that it is now the single story, along with the idea that rich, old, white males are overpowering our economy and that, therefore, capitalism is white supremacist and the root cause of poverty.

The Coddling of the American Mind Movie

Feb 9

3:18 PM

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