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In our age, it has become a widely accepted truism that identity is self-determined. And yet, few have been willing to tread into the menacing waters of transracialism. While the gender transitions of Caitlyn Jenner and Elliot Paige are celebrated with praise for their courage, transracials like Rachel Dolezal and Raquel Evita Sarawati are publicly flagellated for the cardinal sin of cultural appropriation. In Gender Madness–part memoir, part tirade against trans ideology–Oli London takes on our society’s complicated relationship with “self ID.” ....
Proposed changes to the U.S. citizenship exam have renewed the question of how many natural-born American citizens could pass this basic civics test. The troubling answer is that one in three can’t. Healthy democracy requires not only popular participation but an understanding of who we are, where we came from, and how and why our system of government functions the way it does. ....