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The American racism of anti-American anti-racism

Some Americanised guy in Toronto gets it wrong

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Edward Hollett
Jul 07, 2025
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Jesse Hirsh could have titled his July 4 column “How to get it and not get it at the same time” but instead he called it “Declaration of Independence from Whiteness.”

“We declare independence from whiteness,” Hirsh proclaims early on, “[n]ot just as critique, but as practice. Not merely against, but toward something better — something freer.”

Hirsh never…

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