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President Trump signed a flurry of executive orders last week, leaving media pundits breathless in their efforts to cover it all.

One of the most controversial orders was titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing ([link removed]) .”

Yes, conservatives applauded loudly the government’s suspension of its commitment to DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion)—but the order wasn’t conservative. The history of colorblind meritocracy is a classical liberal one that originated from neither the Left nor Right.

Thankfully, a new book ([link removed]) from Independent Institute hitting bookshelves next week sets the record straight.


** Race & Liberty in America (Updated Edition)
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** The Essential Reader
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** Edited by Jonathan J. Bean
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“It is hard to imagine a more timely book than the latest edition of Jonathan Bean’s (ed.) Race and Liberty in America.”

—Wilfred Reilly, Assistant Professor of Political Sciences, Kentucky State University
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That is good news for Americans who reject divisive identity politics, believe in a colorblind view of civil liberties—one that holds that the law must treat people without regard to their race, color, or ethnicity—and want to return our nation to this tried and true principle.

Now they can.

All the arguments are here—from Frederick Douglass to today’s most insightful commentators, like Coleman Hughes, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Wilfred Reilly, and others!

This book could not be more relevant for our troubled and polarized time.

If you’re ready to trade the tired and failed left-versus-right politics for timeless principles that actually work and uplift societies, read the updated edition of Race & Liberty in America ([link removed]) .
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** ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Jonathan Bean ([link removed]) is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and a Professor of History at Southern Illinois University. The first edition of Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader (2009) received praise from Choice (American Library Association) and Diverse Issues in Higher Education (formerly Black Issues in Higher Education). Bean is also the author of several books, and his scholarly publications have appeared in such journals as The Independent Review, Journal of Policy History, and Enterprise and Society.
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