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Oct 2021
35m 16s

#265 — The Religion of Anti-Racism

SAM HARRIS
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Sam Harris speaks with John McWhorter about his new book "Woke Racism: How a New Religion has Betrayed Black America." They discuss how the "social justice" narrative of the Left has become a religion, how this new faith has taken over institutions, and what to do about it.

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