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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

280. Critical Racists | Christopher Rufo

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Education, Science, Society & Culture

4.634.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Christopher Rufo cast himself into the middle of controversy as he sought to bring light to the inner workings of American academia, and more specifically, how our institutions have begun to funnel in a new and ultimately detrimental worldview, critical race theory. He sits down with Dr. Jordan B Peterson to discuss the subject, delving into the true threat that has breached thousands of publicly funded schools. Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Before this he was a visiting fellow for domestic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation, as well as a Lincoln fellow at the Claremont Institute, and a research fellow at the Discovery Institute of Washington. In his early career, he worked in the documentary filmmaking field, where he saw first hand how impoverished communities in the United States operate, and more appropriately continue to struggle under a cycle of seemingly inescapable destitution. He is the author of two books, “No Way Home: The Crisis of Homelessness,” and “How to Fix It with Intelligence and Humanity.” Today he publishes a show dedicated to these topics on his YouTube channel, “Christopher Rufo Theory." Christopher Rufo's early experiences led him to publicly stand against the rapidly growing movement we see today to teach Critical Race Theory in schools, focusing mainly on K through 12. He argues that CRT looms as “an existential threat to the United States.” Watch Christopher Rufo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/christopherrufo Visit the Manhattan Institute: https://www.manhattan-institute.org/expert/christopher-f-rufo More on Critical Race Theory: https://christopherrufo.com/crt-briefing-book/ This podcast is sponsored by Birch Gold. Text JORDAN to 989898 to get a FREE info kit on physical gold and silver. // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpeterson.com/youtubesignup Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate // COURSES // Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personality Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com Understand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com // BOOKS // Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning // LINKS // Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com Events: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/podcast // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpeterson Telegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson All socials: https://linktr.ee/drjordanbpeterson #JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus

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Hello, everyone. I'm very pleased today to be talking with Mr. Christopher Rufo,

0:19.6

who's emerged as a national and international class troublemaker.

0:24.6

I would say, and policy advisor on the Culture War front, especially in relationship to issues

0:31.1

of public education and critical race theory, whatever that means, and both philosophically

0:37.6

and politically, that's what we're going to delve into today.

0:40.3

Christopher is a senior fellow and director of the initiative on critical race theory

0:46.3

at the Manhattan Institute. He's also a contributing editor at City Journal, whereas writing

0:52.4

explores a range of issues, including critical race theory, homelessness, addiction, crime,

0:59.0

and the decline of cities on America's West Coast.

1:02.9

Mr. Rufo, also, as I said, became a focal point of attention on the Culture War front for

1:08.3

reasons we will discuss in this podcast. He recently launched a YouTube channel called

1:13.5

Christopher Rufo Theory, concentrating on all these philosophical, political, and practical

1:19.7

issues. Thank you very much, Mr. Rufo, Christopher, for agreeing to talk to me today.

1:25.5

It's a pleasure to be with you.

1:27.1

So let's start with a broad question. Three, I suppose. Who are you? What in the world

1:32.7

are you up to? And why have people so suddenly, in some real sense, become interested? Why

1:38.5

have you become a focal point of attention on these issues?

1:41.6

Sure. I think it's because I was really the first person to do the reporting, to actually

1:47.1

substantiate the feeling that many people had that our institutions had been captured by

1:52.4

left-wing ideologies. And this has obviously been a kind of concern for many people for

1:58.7

a long time. But for many years, it felt like it was relegated to the university setting.

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