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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 76 - Are you racist?

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Do you think that you are racist? In all likelihood, your answer is no, but it’s a trick question. Most of us don’t think about what it really means to be “not racist” in today’s world. On today’s episode, Shaun is asking us to challenge our understanding of racism as he lays out a path toward better definitions of what racism is and isn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:15.0

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0:20.0

I've got a question for you. Are you a racist? You probably weren't expecting that, but I'm

0:28.6

dead serious. Are you a racist? A slightly different way for me to ask the question is,

0:36.0

are you racist?

0:39.0

Like most of you, I assume, if you're listening to this podcast probably don't see yourself as a racist but are

0:48.5

you racist I know that's an uncomfortable question and my best guess is that if you're listening to this

0:54.8

podcast that your answer is probably no that you're not a racist, that you're not racist.

1:01.0

But for the next few minutes, I want you to suspend what you think you know about racism,

1:07.0

and let me guide you down a path to a better definition of what racism is and what it isn't. And then we're going to explore a brilliant

1:16.2

new book by my friend and brother Dr. Ibrahim Kendi. It's out today in bookstores everywhere and it's called how to be an anti-racist.

1:25.0

Let's dig in. This is Sean King and you are listening to

1:29.3

The Breakdown.

1:31.3

Breakdown. The Breakdown. the breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown. The breakdown. The breakdown. When I was in college all the way back in the Stone Ages, the older I get and I start to look at the date when I was in college back in 1997, that date is starting to get a very long way away.

1:57.1

When I was in college back in 1997, there was a brother that lived in my dorm whose real name for the life of me I can't remember,

2:05.4

because we all called him Red, and I don't know if he made it past our freshman year there

2:11.9

at Morehouse, but he had a short red afro. I believe he was from the

2:16.1

Bay Area of California. He was definitely from California. And he was the only guy I knew who was as serious as I was on a daily basis.

2:28.0

And I look back at my 17 year old self, that's how old I was when I started college I actually wished

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