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Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Ep 189 | Social Justice TARGETS Science! #ShutDownSTEM

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It might be a surprise that critical theory has spread beyond its spawning ground in the humanities and is now undermining the natural sciences, but #ShutDownSTEM makes it clear that the process is well under way. Lauren and Liam discuss the hashtag as well as some backlash from the woke community about "white saviors" in media. Get your high quality underwear and loungewear from Tommy John. Go to https://TommyJohn.com/Lauren for 25% off your order today! Team up with Patriot Mobile to get your customized family plan starting at just $25! And with code ‘LAUREN’, get a free gift, too: https://PatriotMobile.com/Lauren Stop the stress and anxiety your debt is causing. Get a FREE personalized debt consultation today at https://FreedomDebtSolutions.com/Lauren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys welcome back to the show and thank you so much for tuning in if it's your first time here

0:12.0

I'm Lauren and this is Liam.

0:13.4

Hello. And we have a fun show to get to today. First off, shutdown STEM is the new

0:18.0

movement on social media urging scientists and researchers people in STEM

0:22.1

to put aside their actual work and research for the day

0:25.4

and instead focus on learning about anti-racism initiatives and just in general social justice.

0:30.9

I told you I told you folks that this was going to spread beyond

0:33.8

academia and the humanities. You were warned and next up we're going to be talking about

0:38.3

white saviors and why some activists think that apparently even well-meaning white saviors in

0:44.0

entertainment media are just super duper racist like most things are

0:48.2

nowadays. So it's gonna be a fun time together but first I want to let you folks know

0:52.4

about Tommy John.

0:53.4

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1:09.7

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1:18.3

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1:20.2

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1:24.4

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1:26.7

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