How Did Wokeness Become Such a B*tch Slap?: With Guest John Mcwhorter
The Michael Steele Podcast
Two Squared Media
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America”. The pair discuss the harm that is done by well-intentioned people bringing every conversation back to structural racism and an unachievable goal of eradicating all racism. This takes focus away from policies that will make black people's lives better right now.
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| 0:58.9 | There's a new religion out there and I bet you didn't know you were a member of the church. |
| 1:03.9 | Anti-racism. |
| 1:05.9 | Yeah, it's actually hurting black communities and weakening the American social fabric. |
| 1:09.9 | So claims my guests on the Michael Still podcast, the author of the new book, |
| 1:14.9 | Woke Racism by John McWhorter. |
| 1:16.9 | McWhorter actually says that it's well meaning adherence are often illogical, unreachable, |
| 1:23.9 | and inadvertently bigoted in their promotion of a racial essentialism that's barely distinguishable |
| 1:29.9 | from racist arguments of the past. |
| 1:31.9 | Oh yeah, folks, we're about to get into it on the Michael Still podcast. |
| 1:54.9 | Hey everybody, welcome to the Michael Still podcast. |
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