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Ep 32. John McWhorter: On Anti-racism, Victimhood, Testing, and Woke Language
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Professor John McWhorter, author of "Woke Racism," argues that condescending leftist ideology hurts black people.
We spoke a few years ago when few others were pushing back on those ideas. But I learned a lot from my half-hour interview with him, so here's our full discussion.
For one, the Columbia linguist points out "Woke Racism" hurts black people in many ways: from treating them as incapable of logic, to calling for abolition of tests, to insisting that violent kids stay in schools.
He says that all these ideas are propped by a religion-like ideology that "requires that you sequester your brain for illogical thinking."
33 episodes
Manage episode 480692986 series 3530014
Professor John McWhorter, author of "Woke Racism," argues that condescending leftist ideology hurts black people.
We spoke a few years ago when few others were pushing back on those ideas. But I learned a lot from my half-hour interview with him, so here's our full discussion.
For one, the Columbia linguist points out "Woke Racism" hurts black people in many ways: from treating them as incapable of logic, to calling for abolition of tests, to insisting that violent kids stay in schools.
He says that all these ideas are propped by a religion-like ideology that "requires that you sequester your brain for illogical thinking."
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