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Michael Sherman: Race still very much matters in America. Question is why a century and a half after the Civil War emancipated millions of slaves, outlawed the practice for good 50 years. He says we need to address them through science, reason, rationality, enlightenment,. humanism and so on.

In this special episode of the podcast, Michael Shermer talks about:

why race still matters
why race shouldn’t matter
racism
BLM (Black Lives Matter), CRT (Critical Race Theory), DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
Anti-bias training
the Implicit Association Test and if it measures unconscious racism
race and IQ and why such group differences are environmental and not genetic
how we can achieve a post-race world.