“When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives” by Heather Mac Donald. Published by DW Publishing in 2023, the book offers a critique of the drift towards relativism and mediocrity in society, focusing on how race overtakes merit in various institutions such as justice, science, medicine, and the arts. Mac Donald argues that this regressive equity epidemic has led to a cultural revolution that threatens the very foundations of Western civilization. With a strong emphasis on political science and ideologies, the book offers a compelling examination of how the pursuit of equity can undermine excellence and beauty, ultimately endangering lives and achievements.