Eratosphere - Coleman Hughes, Black Lives Matter

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Originally Posted by Bill Dyes (Post 452573)

My daughter in junior high once asked me what box she should check on a form when it came to enquire about race and I said "Oh Hell, check them all.

I like that, Bill. I think that was clever. I'm curious now your daughter is doing now and how she gets along in the world.

Julie - I enjoyed reading about your encounters with other moms in the park. And I agree that it's classism. I think you and Bill would enjoy this video, which I recently listened to. It's with Coleman Hughes (again) and another fella. I can't remember his name now. They talk about many interesting things happening in America lately and their opinions about them. I think Coleman has a brilliant mind and is very well-read for such a young guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAZogp2_pZ8&t=322s

Here is something from Wikipedia about John McWhorter’s views:

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“McWhorter considers that anti-racism has become as harmful a force in the United States as racism itself.[21][22] According to him, what is holding blacks back is "black attitudes" rather than white racism.[23]

John McWhorter has described antiracism as a "religious movement", as early as December 2018 in an article for The Atlantic.[24]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McWhorter

If you’re interested, you could investigate his opinions more yourselves rather than me attempting (awkwardly) to summarize those points. But all I want to say is, they make sense to me.