Fireside Chat Ep. 137 — The Issue Is Values, Not Systemic Racism

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🗓️ 4 June 2020

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Do you let your race, gender, or orientation define you? If you are on the left, everything is perceived through the lens of identity politics. Systemic racism is not the real issue plaguing America—it is our opposing values system. Dennis Prager offers some refreshing insight into how to heal our broken nation. Colorado Christian University is offering a $1,000 scholarship to PragerU subscribers for online classes through CCU Online. Go to https://www.prageru.com/ccu/ to learn more. 0:00 This Episode Is Sponsored By CCU 1:06 There Will Always Be Bad People 3:21 There’s Not Much Racism To Fight 4:25 Why Don’t Black Conservatives Agree? 6:10 “I See No Color” Is The Goal 9:06 Real Racists Think Race Is Important 10:18 Total Breakdown Of A Moral Standard 12:00 Blame Democrats For Loss Of Income 13:34 We Can Mourn Floyd & Condemn Theft 14:19 How To Teach Your Kids Not To Kill 15:40 Thou Shalt Not Steal... Unless Insured? 16:51 Black Firefighter’s Business Burned 17:14 Remember Protests Were Dangerous? 18:00 Do We Need To Reform The Police? 20:50 Where Is The Systemic Racism? 21:48 Better Answers Than Police Reform 23:48 Nazis Thought Race Was Important 25:26 Everyone Is Flawed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, Dennis Prager, FireSide Chat, FireSide Chat Dog. All is ready. I just
0:08.4	want to remind you, excited to tell you about a special scholarship offer through
0:14.2	our partnership with Colorado Christian University. It's offering a $1,000
0:20.3	scholarship to PragerU subscribers for online classes through CCU online. CCU
0:27.7	offers over 90 degree program options and all courses incorporate a Christian
0:36.0	centered, if you if you will, religious centered, God centered, Christ centered,
0:42.2	Judea Christian centered, you get my point. It's a values a religious values
0:46.5	basis. Most classes are only five weeks long and you can take one class at a
0:53.7	time and still have time for the rest of life. If you're interested in taking
0:58.4	advantage of this great offer, visit PragerU.com slash CCU. So as I talk to you
1:07.2	now, there are protests and there are riots taking place. So and of course since
1:16.2	the last time I met with you was the death of George Floyd. So what has
1:25.2	happened since is to me quite disturbing. His death is quite disturbing. The
1:34.8	statistics actually do not show that police are particularly racist. We don't
1:42.0	even know that George Floyd died because of his color. We don't know. These
1:47.6	things have not been established. He might have been maybe the policemen did not
1:52.0	value black lives. That is that is certainly possible. There are bad policemen.
1:57.9	There are bad doctors. I mean evil in the sense of good and bad. There are bad
2:03.2	doctors. There are bad chiropractors. There are bad plumbers. There are bad
2:07.6	engineers. There are bad professors. Every every group on earth has bad people
2:13.5	within it. It is not possible not to have any bad people. The New York Times had
2:20.0	a headline. There will be protests until there is no more police brutality.
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