A Half-Empty Kristol

I had an incredibly visceral reaction to Bill Kristol's pronouncement that, for the younger generation in America, racism isn't an issue. Perhaps the tremendous rhetorical and cultural integration of the under 30 crowd signals that sort of telos, but our political institutions tell a completely different story. My specific expertise is in urban education - hence my moniker - wherein the "achievement gap" between white and black students remains remarkable. So, while cultural discourse tells one story, our institutions tell a different one, notably a story that is fraught with the same divisions as those of earlier American generations. We cannot let folks get away with this sort of nonsense.

-Education Dude