Derek agreed it was time for him to say something publicly to his classmates. What they knew about his views came mostly from three-year-old internet posts and archival radio shows in which he had denigrated Jews and minorities, and now many of those comments also made Derek cringe. After poring over so many of Allison’s psychological studies, Derek no longer believed the white nationalist myths he had propagated about “Jewish manipulation,” “testosterone-fueled black aggression,” or larger brain sizes for whites. He was becoming unsure that his theory about IQ discrepancies held up to the
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