It’s become a theme. For years now, right-leaning commentators from Matt Walsh to Ann Coulter have accused the GOP establishment of failing to address discrimination aimed at white Americans.
“Republicans are terrified of stating the obvious: Discriminating against white people is unfair to white people. Instead, the preferred argument is: ‘It’s not good for black people, either!'” Ms. Coulter wrote on her Substack several weeks ago.
Yet the mood is rapidly shifting among elite conservatives, including those who could shape a future Republican presidential administration.
Against the backdrop of a landmark Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, a practice intended to remedy past discrimination against black Americans that has become a persistent barrier for white and Asian Americans, conservative intellectuals have refined their case against anti-white discrimination while curbing some of the internal policing that once silenced discussion....