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Jeffrey Brown visits Columbia University to talk to professor and author John McWhorter, whose new book, "Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America," pushes back on ideas that. Woke Racism. John McWhorter is a black American intellectual frustrated by contemporary anti-racism. It is no longer a political movement, he writes in his new book Woke Racism. It is now a religion: it is illogical, dogmatic, and attacks anyone who dissents from its doctrines. McWhorter himself has been a dissident black intellectual for a. Larry is joined by John McWhorter to discuss his book Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America and the factors that are affecting racial discourse within the current cultural and.

The seemingly permanent low socioeconomic class where blacks (Oh, actually BIPOCS might be the new silly word the Elect have chosen) are over-represented has got to be changed and I think McWorter has some great starting points re: education and legalization of drugs. But this new post 2020/George Floyd anti-racist movement is over the top. "Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America" by John McWhorter, an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, is an excellent examination of contemporary antiracism, which he deems "Third Wave Antiracism." McWhorter, author of over 20 books, including "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English," describes First Wave Antiracism as. In his new book, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America, the linguist and writer John McWhorter argues against what he sees as harmful excesses of the modern antiracist movement.

In Woke Racism, McWhorter reveals the workings of this new religion, from the original sin of “white privilege” and the weaponization of cancel culture to ban heretics, to the evangelical fervor of the “woke mob.”. He shows how this religion that claims to “dismantle racist structures” is actually harming his fellow Black Americans .... Today's exchange is with American linguist John McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, opinion writer at the New York Times and the Atlantic, and author of the New York Times bestseller, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America. Woke Racism examines how anti-racism has become illogical. Andrew Zwart. John McWhorter's new book, Woke Racism, has in mind a particular audience. While most nonfiction available at your local bookstore targets the general reader, this examination of racial attitudes explicitly spells out who his book is for: "I want to reach those on the fence.". In other words, McWhorter is writing to those.

In Woke Racism, McWhorter reveals the workings of this new religion, from the original sin of “white privilege” and the weaponization of cancel culture to ban heretics, to the evangelical fervor of the “woke mob.”. He shows how this religion that claims to “dismantle racist structures” is actually harming his fellow Black Americans .... Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America by John McWhorter. Narrated by John McWhorter. Penguin Random House Audio, 2021. 5 hours (approx.). John McWhorter is an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University. He is a prolific writer on linguistics and race relations in America. You can watch him on bloggingheads.tv. Woke anti-racism certainly appears to have taken on the trappings of religion. White people have been seen washing the feet of black people and asking for forgiveness, a.

Woke Racism, clearly written at a gallop, isn’t as profound or rewarding as McWhorter’s earlier books ... Still, his dry sense of humour is always worth savouring. With his demure, middle-class upbringing, two biracial children and fondness for The New Yorker, he knows he doesn’t have enough street credibility to satisfy some of his detractors, but he’s not going to fall for that. Woke Racism . How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America. John McWhorter . Portfolio. 224 pp. $28 . Continue Reading Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button. In that vein, we begin 2022 by reading John McWhorter's new book " Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America." Linguist and American Studies Professor John McWhorter has been passionately skeptical of the antiracist movement and Ibrahim X. Kendi for some time now. You can check out his YouTube videos and interviews just by.