Vivek Ramaswamy: Resist the left’s Mamdani trap — fight his ideas, not his ethnicity

Back in 2021, in my book “Woke, Inc.,” I argued that the modern left’s obsession with race unnecessarily divides Americans by pitting us against one another: If race is paramount, the only solution to racism is more racism.

Mercifully, after the election of President Donald Trump and some key Supreme Court rulings, the peak of woke insanity appears to be behind us.

Calling someone “racist” no longer shuts down important policy debates.

So why is an online fringe of the “right” developing a fresh obsession with race that mirrors the worst impulses of the woke left?

Take a look at the most-viewed responses to my recent social media post featuring a photo of my wife Apoorva, our two sons Karthik and Arjun, and myself — dressed in red, white, and blue — at an Independence Day parade.

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