REVIEWS
Reinventing Racism by Jonathan D. Church critically examines White Fragility, exposing methodological flaws and overgeneralizations. While acknowledging racism’s persistence, Church calls for evidence-based approaches over race-obsessed narratives, emphasizing individual responsibility and nuanced analysis rather than reducing people to group identity or structural determinism.
Quillette praises Jonathan Church’s Reinventing Racism for providing a clear, rigorous critique of White Fragility. Church combines careful scholarship and empirical analysis to challenge overgeneralized claims about race, offering readers a thoughtful framework for understanding racial inequality and the limits of prevailing anti-bias narratives.
This review examines four books on identity politics, including Jonathan Church’s Reinventing Racism. Together, they critique oversimplified narratives, explore the social and corporate influence of “wokeness,” and advocate for nuanced, evidence-based approaches to reform and preserving shared civic and cultural values in America.