The Myth of American Meritocracy and Other Essays: The Collected Writings of Ron Unz
We live in an era when issues of race and ethnicity are central to our national politics, yet their candid discussion is a dangerous minefield, widely avoided.
For more than two decades, Ron Unz has regularly traversed this territory, applying his physics-honed analytical skills to the examination of such contentious social topics as immigration, affirmative action, and bilingual education, as well as the nexus between race, crime, and IQ. One of his recurrent themes has been “the end of White America.”
His candid discussions of such explosive topics have regularly appeared in leading publications across the ideological spectrum, including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , The Nation , Commentary , and National Review , as well as in the pages of The American Conservative , where he served as publisher from 2006 to 2013. “The Myth of American Meritocracy,” his 30,000 word analysis of the biased nature of Ivy League admissions was ranked by some as one of the best magazine articles of 2012, and helped spark an ongoing national debate on the subject.
Aside from his writings on social and economic issues, he has also widely criticized the honesty and reliability of our mainstream media outlets, suggesting that they often constitute an "American Pravda" almost as deceitful as those of the collapsed Soviet Union.
For more than two decades, Ron Unz has regularly traversed this territory, applying his physics-honed analytical skills to the examination of such contentious social topics as immigration, affirmative action, and bilingual education, as well as the nexus between race, crime, and IQ. One of his recurrent themes has been “the end of White America.”
His candid discussions of such explosive topics have regularly appeared in leading publications across the ideological spectrum, including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , The Nation , Commentary , and National Review , as well as in the pages of The American Conservative , where he served as publisher from 2006 to 2013. “The Myth of American Meritocracy,” his 30,000 word analysis of the biased nature of Ivy League admissions was ranked by some as one of the best magazine articles of 2012, and helped spark an ongoing national debate on the subject.
Aside from his writings on social and economic issues, he has also widely criticized the honesty and reliability of our mainstream media outlets, suggesting that they often constitute an "American Pravda" almost as deceitful as those of the collapsed Soviet Union.
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