'WOKE Racism'. I just bought this book.

anonymoose said:
Why did you buy the book?
Never mind. Dumb question.
Why did you read the book?
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Sounded interesting. Heard McWhorter on Bill Maher. He sounded pragmatic.
He, in a way, came across as looking as the Woke, as the New*Book Burners.
Wokesters are the 'Politically Correct', everyone else must be silenced.

Haven't read it yet.
 
BidenPresident said:
Virtually all of McWhorter’s critiques involve contestable empirical claims, and yet the book is extremely thin on the relevant social science. This is a recipe for selling a lot of books — not for elevating our discourse or changing minds.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/whats-a-woke-racist
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^^ Basically a carbon copy of what I wrote about his lack of scholarly expertise in sociology and political science. (The guy is an incredible linguistics teacher though).

He is entitled to his opinion. But I give his opinion the same weight I give to any other minor celebrity.
 
Cypress said:
^^ Basically a carbon copy of what I wrote about his lack of scholarly expertise in sociology and political science. (The guy is an incredible linguistics teacher though).

He is entitled to his opinion. But I give his opinion the same weight I give to any other minor celebrity.
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Again, I have not read the book. I am posting these reviews as giving one perspective.
 
Cypress said:
^^ Basically a carbon copy of what I wrote about his lack of scholarly expertise in sociology and political science. (The guy is an incredible linguistics teacher though).

He is entitled to his opinion. But I give his opinion the same weight I give to any other minor celebrity.
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Have you ever written a post without using the first person? McWhorter is a personal hero of mine and I read him avidly. You, on the other hand, are a sanctimonious, hectoring, pompous, preening poppinjay.
 
Jack said:
Sounded interesting. Heard McWhorter on Bill Maher. He sounded pragmatic.
He, in a way, came across as looking as the Woke, as the New*Book Burners.
Wokesters are the 'Politically Correct', everyone else must be silenced.

Haven't read it yet.
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Yet you still support Biden and the Regressives, why is that?
 
Jack said:
"White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era is a book by American author Shelby Steele in 2006. Wikipedia"

I'm almost through with this. It's a bit dated but still has a Theme of the Wokesters and Cancel Culture.
He talks about how Blacks are being conditioned to identify with a Group (Black Victim) rather than identify as a Individual (Free Person).
The Argument is that there is more to gain by being a 'Black Victim' than a 'Successful Individual'.
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Glad to see you've found Shelby Steele as well, brilliant man. Naturally the Left detest him as they do John McWhorter and Thomas Sowell.
 
Jack said:
Biden thinks Climate Change is REAL.
Donald Trump thinks Climate Change is a Chinese Hoax.

Do I need to say anything more?
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Trump is right again,,,,not a shock.....climate change has all the markings of a con job says Peter Hitchens and Douglas Murray.
 
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