The Circularity of Racism in Argumentation

Sally Kohn: I'm reading a book by a colleague of mine because she's coming on the podcast shortly. She gets very, very angry when anyone says the N word or has ever said the N word in conversation talking about how bad the N word is. And she says that anyone who makes that argument should examine what, where that argument's coming from Because that argument is probably coming from a place of racism.Kohn: Hitchens would spot the circularity of that logic before it even got out of bed and put its shoes on. That's the oldest philosophical canard in the book. There are reasons why Trump appeals to people beyond just their flagrant racism and bigotry,