John McWhorter – Glenn and John Throw Down over The Message

Incogni is your personal data defender, safeguarding you from these digital predators. Use code GLENN at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/glenn1:22 The Coates debate continues 3:18 John: Coates is a beautiful writer, but … 5:44 John: … The Message is suffused with incuriosity and simplistic thinking 13:45 Glenn: Coates is talking about humanism and power, not race 18:11 Ground News ad 20:25 Is it “all about whitey”? 22:11 Glenn: Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote this book. What am I doing? 27:40 What kind of historical imagination is at work in The Message? 34:11 Moral clarity or abdication of responsibility? 36:30 Pro-Palestinian writers John considers acceptable 41:54 The next entries in Glenn and John’s book club 42:04 Coates’s now notorious interview on CBS Mornings 48:45 What is the black intellectual’s role today? 52:16 The counterexample of South AfricaRecorded October 19, 2024Links and ReadingsTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, The MessageGlenn and John’s previous conversationJohn’s NYT column, “Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Myth of Black Fragility”Michael Chabon’s novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s UnionJeffrey Sachs on YouTubeJudge Andrew Napolitano on YouTubeTrevor Noah’s conversation with CoatesEzra Klein’s conversation with CoatesPeter Beinart’s conversation with CoatesDavid Greenberg’s new book, John Lewis: A LifeKaren and Barbara Fields’s book, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American LifeGlenn’s memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black ConservativeJames Baldwin’s essay, “Letter from a Region in My Mind” This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe