i make a distinction between scientific truths and political truths, for example. We can reach a consensus whether or not greenhouse gases caused global warming,. Whether evolutionary theory is true or not. But if we're arguing about what's the right upper income brac tax bracket percentage? You know, it's 37%. Now should it be 27 %? Should it be 77 per cent? Well, there's no experiment we're going to run to figure out what's the right percentage. It depends on the goals of t society. In order to have a diverse class discussions, we need people from all walks of life with different points of view. And yet that sort of thing is allowed to pass because saying
Dr. Shermer speaks with John McWhorter about his new online book on how the antiracism movement poses a threat to progressive America. Shermer and McWhorter discuss: antiracism as a religion; the 3 waves of antiracism; the antiracism trinity: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robin DiAngelo, Ibram X. Kendi; white fragility; Black Lives Matter; systemic racism (incarceration rates, housing, jobs, income, etc.); reparations; George Floyd, Tony Timpa and police violence; the N-word and language as violence; and Third Wave Antiracism catechism.