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Who is John McWhorter that I should give credence to what he argues? The beginning of his article does not lead me to believe he’s capable of offering a balanc
by alphabettsy 6y ago
Who is John McWhorter that I should give credence to what he argues?
The beginning of his article does not lead me to believe he’s capable of offering a balanced and nuanced view.
His poorly constructed arguments based on his own “Third Wave Antiracist tenets” are a pretty run of the mill strawmans restating the position of those he disagrees with in an absurd way that clearly misses the point intentionally.
- inglor_cz 6y agoWho is Ibram X. Kendi or Robin DiAngelo? I tried to read their works; I cannot see the reason for their popularity. They fail at writing and reasoning at the same time. Perhaps people just bought their books as a kind of moral atonement, not for reading. These two are social Lysenkos of the 2020s. I will stick with McWhorter and his straightforward logic.
- alphabettsy 6y agoI couldn’t tell you, haven’t read them, but a brief look tells me what you’re getting at. You used his name as if it carried some significance. Sound logic would be based off of arguments actually made, but that’s not what McWhorter does.