Woke Racism How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

John McWhorter

eAudio - 2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed linguist John McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as antiracism, is hurting Black communities and weakening the American social fabric.Americans of good will on both the left and the right are secretly asking themselves the same question: how has the conversation on race in America gone so crazy? We’re told to read books and listen to music by people of color but that wearing certain clothes is “appropriation.” We hear that being white automatically gives you privilege and that being Black makes you a victim. We want to speak up but fear we’ll be seen as unwoke, or worse, labeled a racist. According to John McWhorter, the problem is that a ...well-meaning but pernicious form of antiracism has become, not a progressive ideology, but a religion—and one that’s illogical, unreachable, and unintentionally...

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Books on Tape
Language
English
Main Author
John McWhorter
Online Access
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MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size152 GB
Parts5
ISBN9780593509913
Release Date10/26/2021
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size152 GB
ISBN9780593509913
Release Date10/26/2021