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Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk about Hardcover – 28 Jan. 2020
Do you have a right to be offended by the facts?
Against all the evidence, the mainstream media insist that America has never been more racist and sexist. The police are waging a war on Black people. "White privilege" means minorities never get a fair shake. Although this narrative of oppression is demonstrably fictitious, it is taboo to question it, and those who do so risk being labeled racist or sexist themselves. America needs an honest conversation based on common sense and cold, hard facts.
Honesty and respect for the facts are the specialty of Wilfred Reilly, the celebrated author of Hate Crime Hoax. In Taboo, he fearlessly examines ten forbidden truths that have been buried by political correctness. They include:
-The Black rate of violent crime is roughly 2.5 times the white rate. When demographic variables are taken into account, there are no racial differences in the rate of police-involved shootings.
-Interracial crime is remarkably rare, but 75 to 80 percent of it occurs against white people.
-Minorities can be racist--take the Nation of Islam, which holds that white people are an inferior race created by a Black scientist.
-Disparities between racial groups in IQ testing and SAT performance are the result of cultural variables, such as the presence of a father in the home, not racism.
Reilly goes where most social scientists fear to tread, using objective statistics and common sense to tackle taboo topics. Taboo is an essential takedown of the lies you hear every day from ideological activists and lazy, biased media.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRegnery Publishing
- Publication date28 Jan. 2020
- Dimensions15.24 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-10162157928X
- ISBN-13978-1621579281
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"This is a book America desperately needs. Wilfred Reilly's boisterous dismantling of some of the most cherished myths that animate the social justice left and the racially antagonistic right is as enjoyable as it is compelling. Taboo is a prodigious and analytical work. Its conclusions about the trajectory of American race relations are encouraging, so it is certain to make a splash. There is nothing purveyors of social discord hate more than good news."----Noah Rothman, associate editor of Commentary and author of Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America
"Wilfred Reilly is one of the most interesting and exciting American intellectuals to emerge in our time. I'm in awe of the fearlessness with which Reilly takes on current nostrums on race in his vitally necessary and powerful Taboo."----John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary
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- Publisher : Regnery Publishing (28 Jan. 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 162157928X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1621579281
- Dimensions : 15.24 x 2.03 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 678,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Wilfred Reilly is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University, and the author of the books "Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me," "Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About," and "Hate Crime Hoax." Reilly, alone or in combination with others, has published more than 100 articles across both national media and academic outlets - including Administration and Society, Academic Questions, National Review, Commentary, Newsweek, Spiked UK, and Quillette. His research interests include international relations, contemporary American race relations, and the use of modern quantitative methods to test "sacred cow" theories like the existence of widespread white privilege. Off work, he enjoys dogs, archery, basketball, Asian cooking, and beer. Reilly has been described, by himself, as "the greatest mind of a generation."
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Dr. Reilly should be a frequent contributor to every political talk show in America because he would add real light to any discussion. I guess we don't see him on TV more often because he's too smart and too determined to have an honest dialogue, and there's no place for that on primetime cable. So do yourself a favor and read this book and recommend it to friends. You'll be better for it.
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I read so much that I don't normally take the time to write many book reviews. I'd never get anything done. But I just saw an interview with Mr. Reilly and was so impressed with the man I felt the need to compliment him publicly, pen a good review, and buy his next book.
Keep an eye on Wilfred Reilly. He's going places, and I wish him well.