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Those who find "racist" repression of Blacks in Ferguson, "racist" repression of Arabs in Israel and "racist" repression of Muslims by non-Muslims everywhere have much in common. Leftist and mainstream media perceptions of "repression" by Ferguson's White minority of its Black majority, of Israeli "war crimes" against her minority Muslim residents and of the "peaceful" nature of Islam hinge on increasingly common notions: fairness requires inconvenient facts to be altered if possible to suit an ideology while others, inconsistent with the altered facts, must be ignored. We must speak and act with compassion toward and empathy with the oppressed. Only in this way, it is believed, can true fairness and...

Celebrating diversity has become one of the main goals of American schools. Students are being taught to think of themselves primarily as members of different ethnic groups, while being discouraged from developing an American identity. Consider the case of Mount Diablo High School in Concord, California. Mount Diablo's website states that students will "celebrate diversity by being respectful to all walks of life." In keeping with that ethos, last month the school divided students by ethnicity for separate assemblies. School officials explained that the purpose of segregating the students was to talk about test scores, recognize achievements and celebrate different...

YES: A fragmented culture subverts national identity, purpose and the will to fight enemies. By William S. Lind The purpose of the ideology known commonly as "multiculturalism" is to destroy America. In the 21st-century world of fourth-generation warfare, it is likely to succeed. To understand why we first must understand both phenomena. Fourth-generation warfare is the fourth major change in warfare since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the event that marks the beginning of modern war. The reason that treaty, which ended the Thirty Years War, marks the beginning of the modern period is that it established a state ...