The imposition of CSJ is, in a word, illiberal. Liberalism allows ideas to be aired, debated, rejected or accepted. It enables scientific inquiry and open debate and discussion. And while we may take it for granted like the air we breathe, liberalism, like air, requires that we vigorously protect it from those who would do it harm.

CSJ undercuts liberalism in the following ways: 

• CSJ undercuts knowledge production in universities. Too often, universities teach students what to think rather than how to think. Research in the social sciences is also corrupted, addressing social issues with a preconceived ideological bias and serving as an echo chamber for critical ideologies rather than a testing ground for cutting-edge ideas.
• CSJ prevents us from effectively addressing thorny social issues. CSJ proponents assert that white supremacy and systemic bias are alone responsible for society’s social ills. They crowd out of the discussion of other potential factors, such as the effects of poverty, fatherlessness, and the legacy of past racism. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt calls such ideologies “cuckoo,” not because they are crazy, but because, like the cuckoo bird, they force the eggs of other birds out of the nest. 
• CSJ corrupts the scientific process. With the onset of “equity” requirements and “research justice,” scientific institutions are hampered in doing, well, science. Scientific research is increasingly determined on the basis of whether it advances or detracts from racial equity, which distorts the science itself.
• CSJ squelches intellectual curiosity. CSJ establishes the one true way of looking at the world and raises the stakes for expressing alternative views. It prevents people from openly discussing sensitive issues and stifles intellectual curiosity.
• CSJ exacerbates identity politics on the political right. CSJ insists that only people adversely affected by oppression have the standing to speak about it, cutting out of the conversation anyone who disagrees with its proponents on matters of race and racism. Leftwing identity politics exacerbates rightwing identity politics, which has manifested itself in two American elections. The populist surge on the right only further compromises our liberal society.
• CSJ corrupts mainstream media outlets. It is very clear that mainstream media outlets, from the New York Times to National Public Radio (US), have adopted to some extent or another “a racial equity lens.” This may sound fine at first blush. But what it’s really doing is filtering news through a pre-decided ideological lens. As the media is the lifeblood of a liberal democratic society, it is never good when it becomes tainted and we no longer have a shared picture of the truth.

It also, as we lay out in painstaking detail in our White Paper, fans the flames of antisemitism. 

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