How Does Anti-Racism Hurt Black People? - John McWhorter | Modern Wisdom Podcast 390

John McWhorter is a linguist, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University and an author.

The last 5 years has seen race become a primary flash point for culture, news, protests, social justice, hiring, firing, media and politics. But why have race relations come back to the forefront and who is driving this new religion of Woke Racism forward?

Expect to learn what John McWhorter thinks of White Fragility and How To Be An Anti-Racist, whether cultural appropriation is an actual thing, how anti-racism actually hurts black people, why black people are attracted to a movement that treats them like simpletons, the problem with the concept of "whiteness" and much more...

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00:00 Intro
03:42 The Woke Obsession with Race
12:27 John’s Reaction to White Fragility
18:18 How Anti-Racism Harms Black People
29:22 Connotations of Whiteness
36:12 Is Cultural Appropriation Absurd?
44:43 Black Lives Matter Vs BLM
49:23 Where to Find John

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