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165. John McWhorter — The Elect: Neoracists Posing as Antiracists and Their Threat to a Progressive America

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Is There a Moral Argument for Reparations?

If reparations happens under the bid administration, i'm going to say, ok, do it, but let's acknowledge that it matters. But i think t what would really happen is that the smart take would instantly be reparations as just a beginninge hot lime. Better not think they can treat us like animals for 400 years and then just cut us some checks. If that's all the response would be, why do it? I think that if there going to be reparations given out in some sort of intelligent way to individuals. It ought to be a situation where black america has to take a deep breath and actually allow that something significant happened. That makes perfectly no sense at all

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