I’m not about to dismiss how John McWorther elaborates his own experiences being a POC, but after listening to his interview on Harris’ podcast entitled the new religion of anti-racism I have a few comments and counter arguments to make.

The choose words that completely invalidates valid claim made by other black prole pointing our racism, branding their movement as a “religion” in a lexicon where they are being portraits as fanatics or irrational. A very biased and unfair generalization.

Of course the axis on black identity shouldn’t be determined by slavery and racism, nevertheless that context can never be ignored or excluded from the experience of being black in America. He can’t ignore slavery, the context of the civil war, the KKK or Jim crow’s law.

When he says “there’s no point in engaging in dialogues with this people” referring to supporters of the BLM he dismisses the whole cause and otherize others peoples claims and experiences as not valid. By doing this they prove to be just as bad as what they criticize.

The problem with Harris’ criticism of culture relativism is that he acts as if he has the truth and is morally superior than other ppl and cultures when in reality he erases other identities in a very tyrannical and verticalized way. Perpetuating subjugation and subordination.

Both Harris and McWhorter ignore their own bias and double standards on they portray whites people as good and sincere when they fall victims to the cynical BLM advocates discourse. Again with the tricky dualism of good and bad and characterization of evil. Very manipulative.

They mention how Nigerian people thrive when they imigrante to America. They fail to mention Africans were never born in a place where they face a post-slavery society based on race and discrimination from birth, inprinted on their mentality as second class citizens.

Neither this is true about all black immigrants, just another cunning generalization. Come to Miami and you’ll see Haitians are still not fully integrated or thriving like he affirms, they do not escape racism and segregation.

Irish and Italian were once considered second class citizens, true, but 1) they were never enslaved 2) after a few generations they don’t necessary look different from the next average Anglo or Germanic white person. The integrate seamlessly.

To wrap it up, they ignore the data, the history, the context, the numbers. There’s no understanding, no embracing of people’s demands for equality, and only a big dismissal of people struggle. I wonder what in their mind is racism if not that behavior.

So please, McWhorter, by all means talk about your experiences and perspectives as a mixed race person, you make some fair points. Of course a few people take things to far, but you can’t generalize and dismiss a whole movement and perspectives based on a biased portrayal.

(And of course this thread came with lots of typos, which is why I have a hard time with Twitter)