EPISODE · Feb 16, 2024 · 58 MIN
John McWhorter – "The Fall of Minneapolis" Reconsidered
from The Glenn Show · host Glenn Loury
PREORDER Glenn's memoir, Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 What’s wrong with Rhapsody in Blue?7:26 Radley Balko’s response to The Fall of Minneapolis, Coleman Hughes, Glenn, and John17:26 Were Liz Collin and JC Chaix dishonest in their documentary about Derek Chauvin?19:55 Were Glenn and John too credulous about The Fall of Minneapolis?25:41 Hughes’s new book, The End of Race Politics28:26 The problem with colorblindness36:30 The interrelatedness of “black culture” and “American culture”43:52 John: No one’s going to be excited about a Biden-Harris ticket this time around52:59 Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir PutinRecorded February 11, 2024Links and ReadingsJohn’s NYT piece, “No, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Is Not ‘The Worst’”Glenn and John’s conversation about The Fall of MinneapolisGlenn and John’s conversation with Liz Collin and JC ChaixLiz Collin and JC Chaix’s documentary, The Fall of MinneapolisRadley Balko’s Substack post, “The Retconning of George Floyd”Coleman Hughes’s Free Press piece, “What Really Happened to George Floyd”Coleman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind AmericaThe trailer for RustinGlenn’s 2003 NYT oped, “Affirmative Action—and Reaction; Admissions (and Denials) of Responsibility”A clip from Coleman Hughes’s most recent appearance on Real Time with Bill MaherRoss Douthat’s NYT piece, “The Question Is Not If Biden Should Step Aside. It’s How.”Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin 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
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