19 October 2017
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John McWhorter (Time, Columbia University, Talking Back, Talking Black) and Richard Thompson Ford (Stanford Law School, Racial Culture, The Race Card)
- Did desegregation hurt the school performance of black kids? . 00:42
- How “acting white” is a middle-class phenomenon . 05:26
- John and Rich remember their Urkel days . 09:42
- Maybe segregated schools are better . 14:37
- Even white kids think whiteness is corny–but they still hit the books . 19:28
- Did George W. Bush do right by black kids? . 29:53
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The Wright Show
Disrupting the identity politics paradigm
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MeaningofLife.tv
“Making friends with desire”
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Is Richard Dawkins bad for secularism?
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