Victor Davis Hanson: The Danger Of Making Race Everything

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🗓️ 18 June 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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"When you say your racial identity is essential to who you are rather than incidental, then you've got the ingredients for tribal warfare." — Victor Davis Hanson After decades of affirmative action, DEI programs, and identity politics, Americans are tired of seeing every issue through the lens of race. Racial preferences and identity-based politics have weakened social cohesion instead of strengthening it. A society built around shared values, assimilation, and equal treatment under the law is being replaced by a growing focus on group identity and grievance. 👉PEPPERDINE: Daily Signal listeners save 50–75% HTTPS://GO.PEPPERDINE.EDU/DAILYSIGNAL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:32.0	edu slash daily signal. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal. I think after
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2:04.1	have this racial essentialism because they feel it is innate to human nature.
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