Ibram X. Kendi, Robin DiAngelo, Amy Wax and Randy Boudreaux: Racism is the only acceptable explanation for racial disparities

The Overton Window is the range of political opinions considered acceptable at any given time.

Some ideas, once mainstream, can fall outside the shifting Overton window.

But policies once considered radical, like legalizing marijuana, can become bipartisan over time.

We are witnessing the narrowing of the "Overton Window" regarding explanations for disparate racial outcomes.