Christopher Rufo

Christo­pher Rufo (born August 26, 1984) is an Amer­i­can con­ser­v­a­tive activist, film­mak­er, and senior fel­low at the Man­hat­tan Insti­tute, where he directs the ini­tia­tive on crit­i­cal race the­o­ry and con­tributes to City Jour­nal. He rose to promi­nence by fram­ing CRT as a polit­i­cal threat, deploy­ing media-first cam­paigns that influ­enced pres­i­den­tial action and inspired leg­is­la­tion across numer­ous states . Rufo serves as a key advi­sor to Flori­da Gov­er­nor Ron DeSan­tis and has sig­nif­i­cant­ly shaped the trans­for­ma­tion of New Col­lege of Flori­da into a flag­ship nation­al con­ser­v­a­tive insti­tu­tion . He open­ly cham­pi­ons what he terms a “moral pan­ic” strategy—using cul­tur­al flash­points to dri­ve pol­i­cy change—and extends his influ­ence through books, doc­u­men­taries, Fox News appear­ances, and op-eds .

Ref­er­ences:

• Christo­pher F. Rufo | Man­hat­tan Institute

• How a Con­ser­v­a­tive Activist Invent­ed the Con­flict Over Crit­i­cal Race The­o­ry – The New Yorker

• Ron DeSan­tis’ Cul­ture War­rior: ‘We Are Now Over the Walls’ – Politi­co

• New Col­lege scores mil­lions in Florida’s bud­get amid DeSan­tis over­haul – Politi­co

• Christo­pher Rufo and the Crit­i­cal Race The­o­ry Moral Pan­ic – New York Magazine

• America’s Cul­tur­al Rev­o­lu­tion – Man­hat­tan Institute