The Pros and Cons of Germany

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I take heart when in Emmanuel Macron, the president of France is willing to say we're not tearing statues down here. I don't know if you'd ever get an American academic making that defense of Shakespeare in public. So there's still are people in Europe that are willing to stand up. As far as musical standards go, I would say Germany is still extremely high. The anglosphere is very bad. Canada, Australia, they are Canada-made because they don't have the First Amendment. On the other end, Germany is very bad too because they are so terrified. And the Holocaust industry has so beaten them into submissionThat's absolutely heartbreaking.

Shermer and Mac Donald discuss: race as America’s original sin • civil rights • equality vs. equity • disparate impact • overt racism vs. systemic racism • why Blacks make less money, own fewer and lower quality homes, work in less prestigious jobs, hold fewer seats in the Senate and House of Representatives, run fewer Fortune 500 companies • race and science, medicine, classical music, opera, Juilliard, Swan Lake, museums, and the law • crime and mass shootings • George Floyd and race riots.

Heather Mac Donald is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. She is a recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize. Mac Donald’s work at City Journal has covered a range of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing, homelessness and homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform, and race relations. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and The New Criterion. Her new book is When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives.