The Enemy Within

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🗓️ 13 October 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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A co-production with the podcast Reckonings. In the 1980s, Glenn Loury was one of the most prominent black conservative intellectuals in the United States, and was selected to be a top official within the Reagan administration. Unexpectedly, however, he withdrew his consideration before being appointed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	It was a hot summer day.
0:05.2	I remember that.
0:07.1	And I was probably sweating a little bit more than the heat required because I was afraid
0:11.9	of how people were going to take what I knew I had to say.
0:15.8	It was a meeting of civil rights leaders in Washington, D.C. in 1984.
0:21.9	The civil rights coalition leadership council, I think, is what they might have called themselves
0:25.6	leadership council on civil rights.
0:28.4	Looking out, the faces of these, you know, you see them on the television.
0:32.5	They were on the news.
0:33.2	They are, quote, our leaders, close quote.
0:36.4	They wanted to hear from me.
0:37.8	So I felt a certain pride.
0:41.3	I did feel a little trepidation that people were going to be mad at me.
0:46.1	But at the same time, I was a little bit excited at that prospect because, you know, I'm
0:50.8	the town cryer.
0:51.8	I'm the fellow who's saying the emperor has no clothes.
0:54.6	I felt empowered by this idea that I'd seen something that was important that other
0:59.2	people weren't seeing.
1:00.2	And I was there to announce it to the world.
1:04.0	And I showed up and I gave my spiel.
1:08.4	The moral victory of the civil rights movement is virtually complete.
1:12.3	And yet, racial divisions remain.
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