People of good will on both the left and the right are secretly
asking themselves the same question: how has the conversation on
race gone so crazy? Bestselling author and acclaimed linguist John
McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as
antiracism, is hurting black communities and weakening the social
fabric. We're told to read books and listen to music by people of
colour but that wearing certain clothes is 'appropriation.' We hear
that being white automatically gives you privilege and that being
black makes you a victim. We want to speak up but fear we'll be
seen as unwoke, or worse, labelled a racist. According to John
McWhorter, the problem is that a well-meaning but pernicious form
of antiracism has become, not a progressive ideology, but a
religion - and one that's illogical, unreachable, and
unintentionally neoracist. In Woke Racism, McWhorter reveals the
workings of this new religion, from the original sin of 'white
privilege' and the weaponization of cancel culture to ban heretics,
to the evangelical fervour of the 'woke mob.' He shows how this
religion that claims to 'dismantle racist structures' is actually
harming his fellow black Americans by infantilizing black people,
setting black students up for failure, and passing policies that
disproportionately damage black communities. The new religion might
be called 'antiracism,' but it features a racial essentialism
that's barely distinguishable from racist arguments of the past.
Fortunately, for all of us, it's not too late to push back against
woke racism. McWhorter shares scripts and encouragement with those
trying to deprogramme friends and family. And most importantly, he
offers a roadmap to justice that actually will help, not hurt,
black people. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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