From Burger King to Critical Thinking

The Emily Show

Baker Media, LLC.

True Crime, Entertainment News, News

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On international women's day, Burger King tweeted "Women belong in the kitchen"... later they subtweeted (tweeted under the original tweet) that only 20% of professional chefs are women and that they are giving scholarships to support women. It was poorly done...it caused a lot of outrage...that may have been the point. But it raises the question, how do we see past the outrage and emotion to get to the facts? Let's talk about practical critical thought.

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0:00.0	I'm worried that we've reached the end of critical thinking.
0:04.8	And I'm worried because not only of what I'm seeing on social media, but the rise and
0:10.0	prevalence of cancel culture and the difficulty in having real conversations, nuanced conversations
0:19.2	around difficult topics.
0:21.7	Because the knee jerk reaction sometimes is just like, I hate it.
0:25.8	And I completely understand that, which is why today we are talking about burger
0:29.9	king stepping in it on International Women's Day, and the process I go through in evaluating
0:37.7	information and critically thinking for myself a little bit of a think like a lawyer, if you will.
0:45.4	So let's get into it.
0:46.8	Hey there. Welcome to the Emily Show. I'm your host, Emily Debaker, badass lawyer,
0:51.9	and everyone's favorite legal commentator breaking down the legal shit in the news and pop culture
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1:01.4	I'm a former prosecutor, and I'm a big fan of the Cursey words. So let's break it down.
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