Has Anti-Racism Become A New Religion? with John McWhorter (Ep.2)

for the love of god i wish this discussion would trend

Coleman, for a person your age to have already achieved such a level of knowledge, critical thinking skills, human understanding, empathy, and wisdom is truly impressive. If you continue to use your mind for learning, understanding, and explaining you will become one of the great thinkers of our age. You also present your ideas with levels of humility and empathy for the perspectives of others that can help bring Americans together at a time when other forces are tearing us apart. You are an inspiration! Please keep it up!

As a black person, I would like an articulated person speaking on my behalf then some ppl preaching statues and slavery. Convince me, don't preach and pressure. Please, these are the ppl we need on the news. It seems like it's always the same stereotypes on the news speaking for the whole of the black community. Monolithic 😒

The black community desperately needs to lift up actual black intellectuals like these gentlemen. True black excellence on display here.

Thomas Sowell has been saying these things for 40+ years but i have only just found him. Enjoy hearing your views.

It's insane how this guy has been able to so easily change my mind on things I thought I would never budge on. I'm so grateful to people like him that take such a measured and factually based approach.

High level critical thinking like this uplifts me.

The nuance of conversations that people like Coleman, Sam Harris, Glenn Loury, and John Mcwhorter are having is really getting to the bottom of the divisions with respect to race and culture and it’s really refreshing to hear. Keep it up!

I truly adore John McWhorter. Hope that he becomes a frequent guest on your podcast. Keep it up Coleman 👍🏼

Please have him back on, now these problems have hit fever pitch

I am in shreds over the fact that I did not take a course from this man during my education at Columbia

MCWHORTER: "Yes, human beings need [connection] and I don't think it's an accident that rather secular or even pagan mostly over-educated affluent whites are so Morman-style religious about race." QUOTE OF THE CENTURY, THUS FAR :)

Thanks to both of you for your thoughtfulness and time. McWhorter is a treasure, what a gentle teacher he is—to us all.

Wow - i was starting to loose my shit when all these riots were going on. I'm about to be a dad and was going through the phenomenon of suddenly becoming extremely anxious about the state of the world my child is to be born into. Thank the gods for the sanity and outspokenness of a few: Tomas Sowell, Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Coleman Hughes to name a few. I so wish the mainstream media would give some time to people like this, as opposed to pitching a Radical Marxist agains a Neo Nazi for 5 minutes and calling it a debate. Most journalists these days have no class.

I love this level of black intelligence. If you are black, listen to these guys and you will go places! Don’t listen to people who want you to look at yourself as weak, powerless and victimised. Take control and become real strong.

In answer to the title, on June 4, 2020: YES.

I love how considered Coleman is. I'm trying to spread the word about this channel.

Anybody else "in the middle" on this whole thing? It feels so lonely to understand both sides... why are we all extremists now?

I'm a simple white guy from rural Oregon. And I have to say that this conversation was amazing. Both of you are amazing and hearing this conversation was calming and enlightening. Hearing two very brilliant people having a rational and enlightening conversation is just awesome. People who are not blasting right or left ideology and just talking about problems in intelligent and rational terms is seriously just awesome. I've learned so much just hearing this. I can't wait to listen to more!

Hughes makes me feel hopeful - and I hope he absolutely thrives!