The Gist cover image

Welcome Back To McWhorter's Quarters

The Gist

00:00

The Importance of White Supremacy

Ta-Nehisi Coates was fond of the word. He would use it a lot in his tweets, he says. And so now we're using this term white supremacy when what we really mean is racism. It's not something that anybody's doing on purpose with devious or hurtful intent. Maybe there'll be a time when we don't think of the Klansman, but we're not in that time.

Play episode from 10:54
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app