Debate: Is The West Fundamentally Racist?

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🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The West is rich because the rest is poor. Capitalism is racism. So argues Kehinde Andrews, academic and self-described Black radical, who came to Intelligence Squared on March 29 to set out the ideas in his latest book, The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World. Wrong, says historian Jeremy Black. All that is a complete misrepresentation of the historical and present-day facts, Black counter argues. Who's right and who's wrong? Listen to the debate chaired by Anne McElvoy senior editor at The Economist and make up your own mind. To buy Kehinde's new book click here: https://bit.ly/3sHl7sZ To buy Jeremy Black's latest book click here: https://amzn.to/3cEWUhy Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an intelligent squared event
0:04.8	I'm doing with the classicist author and broadcaster Mary Beard. Together we'll be discussing
0:10.1	politics and power from the Caesars to Sunack, who gets to Winpar, who is excluded. Does power
0:16.6	always corrupt or other examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity while an authority?
0:22.2	And how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures? These are just some
0:26.8	of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer. In person tickets are now sold out,
0:31.6	but you can still watch online on the 13th of November at 7pm BST. Put your questions
0:36.9	to us live as we discuss power and politics down the ages. Hello podcast listeners, I'm Connor
0:43.0	and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligent Squared. Today we're featuring a debate
0:46.8	is the West Fundamentally Racist. And we had Kihinde Andrews Professor of Black Studies
0:52.2	at Birmingham City University and author of the new book The New Age of Empire, How racism
0:58.1	and colonialism still ruled the world, going up against Jeremy Black, the historian and author
1:03.3	of many many books including the history of slavery, the British Empire, and a history of the 20th
1:08.8	century conflict technology and rock and roll. The debate was chaired by Ann McElvoy,
1:13.4	senior editor at the Economist, and if you do enjoy, you can find a link for the speaker's books
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