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Is "Anti-Racism" Helping Black People? With John McWhorter

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💥Join us on our Journey to 1 Million Subscribers💥 John McWhorter is associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University and the author of several books including his latest title Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America BUY Identity Crisis by Scott Bicheno here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Identity-Cri... OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/trigger...   / triggerpod   Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 ​​​ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/​​​ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social M …...more
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Intro

0:00

The Reasons for Writing Woke Racism

3:56

Barack Obama's Election

7:05

How Do We Work Around Wokensess?

9:09

Anti-racism on Twitter vs Reality

12:10

Is It Time to Stop Talking About Systemic Racism?

14:03

Problems With Modern Race Debate

19:53

Is Wokeism Too Institutionalised to Change?

26:23

The Race Conversation Isn’t a Right vs Left Issue

34:17

Why I Use the Term “Black America”

36:30

Why Is Woke a Religion?

44:07

What Are We Not Talking About That We Really Should Be? Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack!

48:10
Is "Anti-Racism" Helping Black People? With John McWhorter
💥Join us on our Journey to 1 Million Subscribers💥 John McWhorter is associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University and the author of several books including his latest title Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America BUY Identity Crisis by Scott Bicheno here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Identity-Cri... OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/trigger...   / triggerpod   Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 ​​​ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/​​​ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:   / triggerpod​​​     / triggerpod​​​     / triggerpod​​​   About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. - CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 03:56 The Reasons for Writing Woke Racism 07:05 Barack Obama's Election 09:09 How Do We Work Around Wokensess? 12:10 Anti-racism on Twitter vs Reality 14:03 Is It Time to Stop Talking About Systemic Racism? 19:53 Problems With Modern Race Debate 26:23 Is Wokeism Too Institutionalised to Change? 34:17 The Race Conversation Isn’t a Right vs Left Issue 36:30 Why I Use the Term “Black America” 44:07 Why Is Woke a Religion? 48:10 What Are We Not Talking About That We Really Should Be? Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/
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