Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2023-01-20
Books mentioned on John McWhorter: How Anti-Racism Is Leaving Black People in the Lurch | People I (Mostly) Admire | 72
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Nine Nasty Words : English in the Gutter
Discussed“I was so surprised reading your book nine nasty words to learn the etymology of words I've always heard but I never stop to think about how strange they are for example Jeepers Creepers”
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Woke Racism
Woke Racism by John McWhorter is a socio-political critique arguing that contemporary anti-racism activism functions similarly to a traditional religion and inadvertently harms the communities it aims to protect.
Discussed“So towards the end of your book 'Woke Racism,' you suggest a few ideas that you believe would actually make a positive impact on black America, and I want to talk about one in particular which is about teaching kids to read using phonics. I'm not a specialist in education, but I know just enough to know that teaching kids”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Woke Racism
“after this short break they'll return to talk about John's book woke racism”
Own book Woke Racism
“so woke racism was not a book meant to just complain about the woke it's not a book that Tucker Carlson would have written”
Own book Woke Racism
“So 'Woke Racism' was not a book meant to just complain about the woke; it's not a book that Tucker Carlson would have written. What I was writing was that black people are being hurt by people who call themselves helping us and that we need to start being able to tell the difference.”
Own book Woke Racism
“you know what that woman is who I wrote woke racism for that is exactly what I mean”
Own book Woke Racism
“You know what that woman is? That’s who I wrote 'Woke Racism' for; that is exactly what I mean. That is somebody whose heart is very much in the right place, but she’s so afraid of being called the dirtiest name other than pedophile in our current cultural vocabulary that she’s basically hamstrung.”