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Woke Racism

John McWhorter

Does today's antiracist movement work like a religion, and does it end up hurting the black people it means to help?

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Author
John McWhorter

Why read it

  • You will be able to say why one writer calls this ideology a religion, and judge whether the comparison holds
  • You will see three practical proposals for helping black Americans, from ending the war on drugs to teaching reading properly
  • You will meet examples of people who spoke up under pressure and came through it

Who it is for

  • A professional unsure how to speak up about race at work
  • A liberal leaning reader uneasy with current race debates
  • A parent or voter who feels pressured to agree on race topics

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. What this book is not.
  3. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE?
  4. What kind of people do these things?
  5. Why do they get away with it?
  6. Are we going to let them continue to?
  7. THE NEW RELIGION
  8. The Elect have superstition.
  9. The Elect have clergy.
  10. The Elect have original sin.
  11. The Elect are evangelical.
  12. The Elect are apocalyptic.
  13. The Elect ban the heretic.
  14. The Elect supplant older religions.
  15. And so it goes.
  16. WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO THIS RELIGION?
  17. Critical race theory says what?
  18. Why do whites become Elects?
  19. Dismantling hegemonic structures?
  20. Electism is easy.
  21. Black people settle for Electism to feel whole.
  22. “The race thing” makes genuine sense as a religious faith.
  23. Black Electness is old school.
  24. Other ways of being black.
  25. THE SELLOUT CHARGE EXPLAINED
  26. WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT BEING A RELIGION? IT HURTS BLACK PEOPLE.
  27. The Elect on school discipline: The bigotry against black boys.
  28. The Elect on university admissions: Yale or jail.
  29. The Elect on the quality of black minds: Condescension as respect.
  30. The Elect on identity: Black people’s essence is not being white.
  31. The Elect on what should matter to concerned black people, exhibit A: “Unequal outcomes mean unequal opportunity.”
  32. The Elect on what should matter to concerned black people, exhibit B: “Slavery is hushed up.”
  33. The Elect on what should matter to concerned black people, exhibit C: “Historical figures who weren’t woke on race must be canceled.”
  34. Do you really want to own this religion?
  35. BEYOND “DISMANTLING STRUCTURES”: SAVING BLACK AMERICA FOR REAL
  36. Plank 1: End the war on drugs.
  37. Plank 2: Teach reading properly.
  38. Plank 3: Get past the idea that everybody must go to college.
  39. That’s it?
  40. HOW DO WE WORK AROUND THEM?
  41. What not to do.
  42. Back to basics.
  43. Just say no.
  44. Separation of church and state.
  45. Sample scripts.
  46. Be Spartacus.

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