Summary of Woke Racism: by John McWhorter - How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America - A Comprehensive Summary
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Woke Racism - How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America - A Comprehensive Summary
Americans of goodwill on both the left and the right are secretly wondering the same thing: how has the conversation about race in America gotten so out of hand? People of color tell us to read their books and listen to their music, but wearing certain clothes is "appropriation." We are told that being white automatically grants you privilege and that being black automatically makes you a victim. We want to speak up but are afraid of being labeled as uneducated or racist. According to John McWhorter, the issue is that a well-intentioned but perverse version of antiracism has become a religion, yes, the one that is illogical, unattainable, and unintentionally neo-racist.
McWhorter reveals the intricacies of this new religion in Woke Racism, from the original evil of "white privilege" as well as the weaponization of the cancel-culture way of life to forbid heretics to the evangelical zeal of the "woke mob." He demonstrates how this religion that purports to "dismantle racist structures" negatively affects his fellow Black Americans by dehumanizing Black people, setting Black students up for failure, and enacting policies that disproportionately harm Black communities. The new religion may be called "antiracism," but it contains racial essentialism that is indistinguishable from racist arguments from the past.
Fortunately for Black America and all of us, it is not too late to oppose woke racism. McWhorter provides scripts and encouragement to those attempting to deprogram friends and family members. But, most significantly, he provides a path to justice that will benefit rather than harm Black America.
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Americans of goodwill on both the left and the right are secretly wondering the same thing: how has the conversation about race in America gotten so out of hand? People of color tell us to read their books and listen to their music, but wearing certain clothes is "appropriation." We are told that being white automatically grants you privilege and that being black automatically makes you a victim. We want to speak up but are afraid of being labeled as uneducated or racist. According to John McWhorter, the issue is that a well-intentioned but perverse version of antiracism has become a religion, yes, the one that is illogical, unattainable, and unintentionally neo-racist.
McWhorter reveals the intricacies of this new religion in Woke Racism, from the original evil of "white privilege" as well as the weaponization of the cancel-culture way of life to forbid heretics to the evangelical zeal of the "woke mob." He demonstrates how this religion that purports to "dismantle racist structures" negatively affects his fellow Black Americans by dehumanizing Black people, setting Black students up for failure, and enacting policies that disproportionately harm Black communities. The new religion may be called "antiracism," but it contains racial essentialism that is indistinguishable from racist arguments from the past.
Fortunately for Black America and all of us, it is not too late to oppose woke racism. McWhorter provides scripts and encouragement to those attempting to deprogram friends and family members. But, most significantly, he provides a path to justice that will benefit rather than harm Black America.
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⁃ A Detailed Introduction
⁃ A Comprehensive Chapter by Chapter Summary
⁃ Etc
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