by Raul Zavaleta | Jul 6, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other)
Walking around my neighborhood I occasionally see “In this house we Believe …” signs outside homes of residents who are often white, educated, white-collar, and in the upper end of middle-class income. But in Venice, California, the sign is everywhere. Venice is a...
by Raul Zavaleta | Jun 2, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other)
Critical Race Theory (CRT) was pioneered in the 1970s and 80s and refined as the decades have passed. The theory posits that racial inequality is a baked-in feature of American institutions, which benefits what author Isabelle Wilkerson calls “the dominant caste,”...
by Raul Zavaleta | May 5, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other)
Over the last five years, I have been wondering why our society has become less resilient and more prone to be offended. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the predominant culture in the West was a culture of honor. Honor was something that had to be earned and...
by Raul Zavaleta | Apr 21, 2021 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other), Sanctity of Life
The narrative preferred by the mainstream media and academia when it comes to racial inequality has for years been that America is bad, founded on land stolen from the natives, and built on the back of slaves. That exaggerated narrative allows activists to use guilt,...
