OPINION: ‘Am I Racist?’ further proves ‘antiracism’ is unserious
The “diversity, equity, and inclusion” industry is built on contradictions and high-priced consultants, as Matt Walsh’s latest movie shows.
“Am I Racist?” is the Daily Wire commentator’s latest film, following the success of “What is a Woman?”
In this latest movie, Walsh goes undercover and interviews DEI and “antiracism” consultants, some of whom are familiar to The College Fix audience.
My wife and I saw the movie last night. I can confirm, based on extensive research into the “antiracism” complex, that Walsh’s movie hits the mark.
Throughout the documentary, Walsh interviews people like “White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo (for $15,000) and subtly shows how their ideas contradict.
One part of the movie has Walsh roleplaying as a minority employee complaining to DiAngelo about her smiling too much at him in the hallway. (DiAngelo actually believes “over-smiling” at black people is a form of racism).
Then, he complains about her smiling too little at him. The University of Washington professor eventually agrees to separate hallways (i.e. segregated) as a solution. She also is guilted into paying reparations to Walsh’s producer, a black male.
DiAngelo deleted her X account once promotion of the film started.
Two other parts stood out to me.
One is the class angle. The movie highlights mostly white, presumably wealthy individuals (based on the fees charged for one anti-racist dinner) who find racism everywhere. This tracks with my experience of educated elites being into the theories of anti-racism.
On the other hand, Walsh goes to a biker bar where most patrons appear to be white and finds them saying the same things as black people in Louisiana.
They agree roughly that race shouldn’t matter, we’re all human beings, and our blood bleeds the same color (several people, both black and white, made comments similar to this).
This also tracks with my experience that working class black and white people are more aligned than their wealthier, allegedly more educated racial peers.
A scene near the end of the movie, alluded to by Walsh, also shows how “anti-racism” and getting deep into DEI does not create unity, but rather creates unnecessary division in family and other relationships.
Unlike Ibram Kendi’s $35,000 speaking fee, buying tickets for this movie is money well spent.
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