Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America (Guest: David E. Bernstein)

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Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by David E. Bernstein, University Professorship chair at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, to discuss his new book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America. They chat about the development and history of the completely absurd and arbitrary racial classification system in the United States, whether the federal government should even be classifying people by race at all, and what system, if any, should replace our current one. 

Show Notes:

Cato Institute: “Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification In America” (VIDEO)
https://www.cato.org/multimedia/events/classified-untold-story-racial-classification-america

Law & Liberty: Scott Gerber – “Separating Race and State”
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/separating-race-and-state/

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: “Classified: The Untold Story Of Racial Classification In America” (VIDEO)
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/classified-untold-story-racial-classification-america

Washington Post: George F. Will – “How racial preferences feed grasping grievance groups and grow ever more absurd”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/racial-preferences-absurd-identity-politics/

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Ill Literacy, the newest podcast from The Heartland Institute, is helmed by Tim Benson, Senior Policy Analyst for Heartland’s Government Relations team. Benson brings on authors of new book releases on topics including politics, culture, and history on the Ill Literacy podcast. Every episode offers listeners the author’s unique analysis of their own book release. Discussions often shift into debate between authors and Benson when ideological differences arise, creating unique commentary that can’t be found anywhere else.
Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America (Guest: David E. Bernstein)