> My daughter was invited to the weekly “black girl magic” lunch once a month (because I guess that’s the math for a half white half south asian kid).

> This is because academics and authors who write this stuff really do believe in racial identity and solidarity.

Beverly Bond, who holds the trademark, was an influencer avant la lettre. She wanted to make a brand—looks line like a clothing line, followed by a TV show, then a podcast.

I get that it’s tempting to blame everything on radical leftist academics or whatever but that’s not what happened here. This is simply capitalism.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Girl_Magic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Bond

Most people who aren't radical Leftists aren't going to agree with you that radical Leftists aren't primarily responsible for the experience described by Rayiner just because a personal profit motive was involved in addition to the ideological motive.

You might believe that if an ideological Leftist motive can be kept separate from motives of personal enrichment, then it cannot do significant harm. But most US voters would disagree with you about that: they believe that it can be harmful to believe that there is an oppressive structure at the center of American society if in fact there is not an oppressive structure at the center of American society.

I don’t think the issue is radical leftist academics. For the most part, it’s overly empathetic normie liberals who feel distress when they hear what the radical leftists are saying and lack discernment to sort through what minority kids really need to succeed.