John McWhorter & Ian Buruma – The Spirit of Wokeness

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZyZnSK04c&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> The protestant ethic and the spirit of wokeness </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZyZnSK04c&#38;t=647s" target="_blank">10:47</a> Is comparing wokeness to religion a slander on religion? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZyZnSK04c&#38;t=1268s" target="_blank">21:08</a> Ian: Wokeness is a distraction from real political problems </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZyZnSK04c&#38;t=1682s" target="_blank">28:02</a> How Ian experienced his own cancelation </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZyZnSK04c&#38;t=2491s" target="_blank">41:31</a> America’s exportation of wokeness </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZyZnSK04c&#38;t=2745s" target="_blank">45:45</a> Has wokeness aided and abetted Trump and Brexit? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtZyZnSK04c&#38;t=3174s" target="_blank">52:54</a> John: Enslaved people did find ways to improve their own lives</p><p>Recorded August 7, 2023</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2023/07/protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-wokeness/" target="_blank">Ian’s </a><em>Harper’s </em><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2023/07/protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-wokeness/" target="_blank">piece, “Doing the Work”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/WOKE-RACISM/dp/1800751443" target="_blank">John’s book, </a><em>Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America</em></p><p><a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/10/11/reflections-hashtag/" target="_blank">Jian Ghomeshi’s 2018 NYRB piece, “Reflections from a Hashtag”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/This-is-Not-America/dp/1838956212" target="_blank">Tomiwa Owolade’s book, </a><em>This is Not America: Why Black Lives in Britain Matter</em></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/opinion/trump-meritocracy-educated.html" target="_blank">David Brooks’s NYT oped, “What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/opinion/florida-slavery-curriculum.html?searchResultPosition=1" target="_blank">John’s NYT oped, “One Sentence Does Not Define a Curriculum”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/20653/urlt/6-4.pdf" target="_blank">The Florida Board of Education’s 2023 standards for social studies</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/what-florida-is-and-isnt-teaching" target="_blank">Robert Cherry’s essay on slavery at this newsletter</a></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>