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John McWhorter & Jason Riley – The Affirmative Action Myth
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Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Video Links 0:00 Intro 1:00 What is the “affirmative action myth”? 8:02 Black progress before and after affirmative action 11:41 Ground News ad 13:29 How far does Jason’s critique of affirmative action extend? 17:03 Contesting The Shape of the River 26:37 Respectability, responsibility, and upward mobility 32:40 Is Jason blaming the victims? 35:54 Jason: No one’s buying the reparations argument 43:26 How do figures like Ibram X. Kendi and Nikole Hannah-Jones end up at the center of progressive discourse? Recorded May 7, 2025 Links and Readings Jason’s new book, The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to…