A Response to "Simone"

<p>The audiovisual experiments continue here at The Glenn Show. In some of our recent conversations, John McWhorter and I talked about how we would reply to “Simone,” a fictionalized version of one of my students at Brown who believes that systemic racism causes most or all of the racial disparities in the US. I think Simone is wrong about that, but this idea is so widespread that John and I agreed that we can’t just brush it aside. We need to address and refute it head on. </p><p>We attempted to do that in <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/john-mcwhorter-systemic-racisms-greatest" target="_blank">this conversation</a>. And I think we did a pretty good job! But in a comment, a reader, Adam, <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/john-mcwhorter-systemic-racisms-greatest/comment/3642186" target="_blank">pointed out</a> that we neglected to anticipate some very strong arguments that Simone might have made in her own defense. I <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/john-mcwhorter-systemic-racisms-greatest/comment/3672167" target="_blank">replied</a> to Adam, but I think our exchange deserves a more prominent place, so I recorded an audio version and <a href="https://psychopolitica.substack.com/" target="_blank">Nikita Petrov</a> created some visuals to go along with it. </p><p>We’re looking to produce more content like this in the future, but we’d love your input. Let me know what you think in the comments!</p><p><em>This post is free and available to the public. To receive early access to TGS episodes, an ad-free podcast feed, Q&amp;As, and other exclusive content and benefits, click below.</em></p><p>Want to give the gift of The Glenn Show this holiday season? Click below to purchase a subscription for a friend or loved one.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>