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165. John McWhorter — The Elect: Neoracists Posing as Antiracists and Their Threat to a Progressive America
165. John McWhorter — The Elect: Neoracists Posing as Antiracists and Their Threat to a Progressive America
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Length:
81 minutes
Released:
Mar 16, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Dr. Shermer speaks with John McWhorter about his new online book on how the antiracism movement poses a threat to progressive America. Shermer and McWhorter discuss: antiracism as a religion; the 3 waves of antiracism; the antiracism trinity: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robin DiAngelo, Ibram X. Kendi; white fragility; Black Lives Matter; systemic racism (incarceration rates, housing, jobs, income, etc.); reparations; George Floyd, Tony Timpa and police violence; the N-word and language as violence; and Third Wave Antiracism catechism.
Released:
Mar 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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