A pattern: when longform intellectual outlets publish sustained defenses of hereditarian race claims, they perform a reputational move that shifts those arguments from marginal forums into mainstream policy debate. That normalization lowers the rhetorical cost of citing biological explanations in education, criminal justice, and social‑policy design.
— If mainstreaming continues, it can alter what counts as legitimate evidence in policy conversations and accelerate institutional shifts (hiring, curricula, public‑health messaging) tied to contested genetic claims.
2026.01.05
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Bo Winegard’s Aporia essay (Dec 26, 2023) is a concrete instance of an intellectual outlet elevating hereditarian arguments into a public‑facing, longform format aimed at persuading non‑specialist readers.
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