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Kmele Foster, Robert Woodson, Shelby Steele & Reihan Salam – The Ethics of Black Identity
Description
0:00 What does “black identity” mean?
4:53 Why Bob left the Civil Rights Movement
8:04 Shelby: Our problem today is freedom, not racism
15:36 Glenn: We can’t afford to give up on black collective goals
21:30 Why Shelby wouldn’t sign a letter of support for Clarence Thomas
30:13 Would freeing ourselves from race mean sacrificing collective action?
39:10 The tactical efficacy of racial identification
44:32 The struggle for human freedom
50:46 Can we take pride in group achievements past?
1:02:22 Kmele: We have a too-narrow sense of diversity
1:07:20 Glenn: “The future is assimilation”
1:13:03 Concluding statements
Links and Readings
Kmele’s podcast, The Fifth Column
Glenn and Bob’s letter of support for Clarence Thomas
Thomas Chatterton Williams’s book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race
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