#265 — The Religion of Anti-Racism

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with John McWhorter about his new book “Woke Racism: How a New Religion has Betrayed Black America.” They discuss how the “social justice” narrative of the Left has become a religion, how this new faith has taken over institutions, and what to do about it.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
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0:46.8	Today I'm speaking with John McWater.
0:50.1	John teaches linguistics, American studies, and music history at Columbia University.
0:56.3	And he's also a new contributor at the New York Times.
0:59.8	And he's also a contributing editor at the Atlantic.
1:03.2	And the host of the language podcast, lexicon valley.
1:07.9	His writing has appeared everywhere.
1:11.4	And he's the author of over 20 books.
1:15.0	But most importantly, he has written a new book titled, Woke Racism, How a New Religion
1:22.6	has Betrayed Black America.
1:25.2	This was the book he was just beginning to work on last time we spoke.
1:30.2	And in today's episode, we get into his thesis.
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