ABSTRACT

Given the enormous struggles, efforts and money expended on the equalities enterprise, why has more progress not been made? And further, why have things actually become worse in some circumstances? It is argued this has occurred because:- The values of Equality have been bureaucratized, allowing the liberal principle of "live and let live" to be perverted and put in the service of fear and control.- The Diversity discourse has been hijacked by the libertarians and put in the service of increasing profit, under the guise of liberty and inclusivity.- The equality movements have become apolitical, sidetracked into the project of the indiscriminate celebration and preservation of cultures, in lieu of challenging the status quo within cultures as much as between them.- The versions of psychology and sociology that the equality movements have drawn on are over simple

chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction: thought paralysis

chapter 5|20 pages

The human condition: psychology

chapter 6|18 pages

Counting discriminations

chapter 10|18 pages

The vicissitudes of discrimination

chapter 11|10 pages

Islam: the new black

chapter 13|16 pages

The road to nowhere: conceptual cul-de-sacs