John McWhorter on the 'Anti-Racist' Sociology of Ibram Kendi

Columbia scholar and author John McWhorter takes apart the ideology of Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo on The Michael Shermer Show.
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[@kevinodom2918]

The Japanese that were put in internment camps were still alive when they received Reparations.

[@peterschaeffer]

Long before Japanese-Americans got reparations, they were already successful in California. See "Success Story, Japanese-American Style" in the NYT. The article is from 1966.

[@TPerez1021]

Every issue that that writer raised is based on a huge assumption. The assumption is that every single issue raised is the result of institutional racism.

[@hotwax9376]

What that author said is utterly untrue. First, black men were given the right to vote in 1870 with the 15th Amendment, and black women got the vote nationally in 1920 along with white women. While Southern states put barriers in place to prevent blacks from exercising their voting rights until the VRA, they were never explicitly barred from voting. Second, while racial segregation existed outside the South, it was only in the South where it was mandated by law. This isn't to say they weren't serious injustices, only that they are stretching the truth. While race discrimination was a national problem, Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and so forth were primarily a regional issue in the Southern states.

[@shaquillewilliams7888]

The government mandated segregation in the north too

[@hotwax9376]

@@shaquillewilliams7888 Racial segregation was common in Northern states, but it was not legally mandated like it was in the South, except in situations where the federal government mandated it (like the military under Wilson.)

[@QuatMan]

Japanese people all got $20k checks and a signed apology from the president. Black people got Affirmative Action, which white women benefit from more than anyone else, and ( supposedly) welfare, which benefits more white people than anyone else. Kudos to the NPR reporter for laying out the facts very succinctly. McWhorter's " that's all wrong because I say so" DEFINITELY needs some work.
In any case THANK U for actually reading the letter from the NPR reporter - even if you disagree - and posting this fact-poor and scatteres reply from McWhorter, that does not address any of the clear points made by the reporter. McWhorter's " It's complicated, yall" non-response in addressing those specific issues is as weak as they can get and pretty useless in any real discussion about racial disparities. But they are great at calming the emotions of white people....

[@Warriorxpt]

Reparations doesn’t have to be in the form of cash.

[@QuatMan]

@@Warriorxpt This is true. But whatever form it takes, it needs to be directly and specifically for Black American descendants of enslaved Africans. It also needs to be easily accessible, by us, useful, valuable, and ironclad. Cash is the easiest way to achieve all these things.

[@katieandnick4113]

@@QuatMan what about white passing people who are ADOS? I know a few 1/4 black people who pass quite easily as white, or maybe Hispanic. How would it work for people like them?

[@QuatMan]

@@katieandnick4113 If they have direct ancestors that were slaves in America and can demonstrate it, then they should be eligible for reparations.

[@QuatMan]

@O B As I said...Japanese, Jews, and Native Americans have already received reparations. White people benefit from just being white. Since Black people continue to suffer the results of having enslaved relatives, followed by Jim Crow laws and segregation at every level of society, followed by insitutional sabotage still today reparations for black American descendants of slaves are in order.

[@dramese]

John is linguists not an historian nor is he an expert in black studies yet his arguing with an actual expert in their own fields about the complexity of their field. If it’s that complex, why do you think you have a better understanding of it than those who spend most of their time studying and understanding. and yet he thinks he understands better than them 🤔🤔🤔

[@kathrynjohnson446]

And said "expert" refuses to debate the likes of John McWhorter and Coleman Hughes. They are willing to take the risk of getting their intellectual butts kicked but Kendo isn't willing to kick it for them. Emperor Kendi has no clothes.

[@dramese]

@@kathrynjohnson446 as Dr John Henry Clark said, “ I debate with my equal and teach the rest” when he was confronted with people who attempted to debate him on his work, who never produced any scholarship apart from repeating familiars talking points. It’s just a waste of professor Kendi’s time.

[@kathrynjohnson446]

@@dramese ok, but by that standard, surely Professor Kendi should be engaging with the eminent Glenn Loury, social scientist extraordinaire with "lived experience" Credentials on top of his PhD. Do you consider professor Loury a worthy opponent? If not, I would sincerely love to know why not.

[@dramese]

@@kathrynjohnson446 I have a lot respect for professor Loury. I think his a social commentator, I must says I did really enjoy his debates with Professors Richard wolfword, sorry if misspell “wolfword” one thing I appreciate about that debate is they both knew what they where talking about. They are both an economist with different beliefs in economics outcome. Going to other people’s fields to sabotage them because you have certain ideological differences with them without any scholarly work in that field show lack of respect them. If professor Kandi attempted to debate him about economics we all will think he is an idiot for doing so.
Being black should not be the only qualification in engaging with black issues especially when it come to historical matters. One thing I find a bit annoying from other side, is the belief that complexity does not apply to black, when it comes to black, nuance doesn’t matter. It’s insulting.
Even a random ignorant dude on internet field qualifies to be an authority when it comes to black people.

[@dramese]

@@kathrynjohnson446 I must point out he an worthy opponent, but he is not an historian. He also come in a point of condensation, like he know history better than an actual historian.

[@MrMattias87]

The author is just making a narrow presupposition.

[@sheikha6]

John is making excuses for racism disparities

[@BridgesOnBikes]

Racial disparities aren’t necessarily racist disparities. Disparities happen for many reasons and seeing a disparity and attributing it to racism just based on the disparity alone, is a lazy fallacious epistemology.

[@sheikha6]

@@BridgesOnBikes no one said every disparities in black community is because of racism. Your statement is fallacious

[@BridgesOnBikes]

@@sheikha6 you spoke very broadly in your initial post. Care to point out exactly which disparities are racism?

[@QuatMan]

@@BridgesOnBikes If you listen to the video, the NPR reporter clearly lays out those disparities. This commentor clearly agrees with those points. Stop asking others to do busy work for you so that you can avoid confronting the issues.

[@BridgesOnBikes]

@@QuatMan what makes you think my reason for requesting someone explain what they mean is me avoiding facing the data sets presented here? That’s some mind reading!