It’s supposed to be my day off, so I’ll save the braining for other days. But here’s a nice listen if you have an hour to spare.
If you click on the screenshot below, you’ll get to hear an hour and eleven minutes of linguist and writer John McWhorter chatting with Sam Harris on Harris’s podcast “Making Sense.” McWhorter’s topic is, as the title indicates, “The New Religion of Anti-Racism,” which I believe is the subject of his next book. You don’t get to listen to the entire conversation (I’m not sure how long the whole thing is) unless you subscribe to Sam’s podcast series.
Here are Sam’s notes on the podcast:
In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with John McWhorter about race, racism, and “anti-racism” in America.
They discuss:
- how conceptions of racism have changed
- the ubiquitous threat of being branded a “racist”
- the contradictions within…
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