In 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump declared: "I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct." Reeling from his victory, Democrats blamed the corrosive effect of "identity politics." When banned from Twitter for inciting violence, Trump and his supporters claimed that the measure was an assault on "free speech." In We Need New Stories, Nesrine Malik explains that all of these arguments are political myths-variations on the lie that American values are under assault.Įxploring how these and other common political myths function, she breaks down how they are employed to subvert calls for equality from historically disenfranchised groups.
A rigorous examination of six political myths used to deflect and discredit demands for social justice.
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