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The difference is that Hanania argues that woke institutions, including corporations, are required to be woke by law, and he points out the specific laws and Supreme Court decisions (which are essentially laws) that need to be attacked. He wants to remove the disparate impact doctrine, for example.
I think even granting that argument, I don't see how advocating for "Civil Rights Originalism" is going to be more impactful than Constitutional Originalism. Constitutional Originalists correctly point out the ever-creeping spread beyond original intent in all areas of federal authority, maybe they can claim some credit for slowing it down or reversing it in some cases. But it didn't stop Wokeness, it didn't even stop Civil Rights itself for that matter. Even a good number of the most diehard originalists will still sacrifice their convictions on the altar of Civil Rights.
Civil Rights is indeed a good lesson in how "politics lie downstream from culture" is not entirely true, and culture often lies downstream from politics. I agree that is a point which needs to be emphasized, but I don't think advocating for watered down Civil Rights is at all a feasible political solution. It is both too radical and not radical enough. I should read his book, maybe I'll change my mind but I doubt it.
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