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Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the state of Black America, cultural attitudes, and the implications of racial identity using Karmelo Anthony's case as a reference point.

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com John McWhorter returns as Glenn and John reflect on the nation's 250th birthday and the state of Black America. Both express disappointment — not at racism's persistence, but at cultural attitudes that continue to hold Black Americans back. Using the Karmelo Anthony case as a touchstone, they push back hard against victimhood narratives that treat race as a mitigating factor for individual wrongdoing. But Glenn and John diverge on colorblindness: while John laments the persistence of racial identity, Glenn argues that race as a positive site of collective identification — embodied in institutions like the black church — remains valuable and shouldn't be abandoned in the name of an abstract principle. The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported , so to those of us who are already full subscribers, let me extend a heartfelt thank you. And if you’re not yet a full subscriber, please consider becoming one . The Glenn Show can only do what it does through the generosity of viewers and listeners. For a mere $6/month or $50/year , you’ll get access to weekly livestreams, monthly Q&A episodes with John McWhorter…

People in this episode

Host: Glenn Loury

Guest: John McWhorter

Topics covered

• Black America
• cultural attitudes
• victimhood narratives
• racial identity
• collective identification
• institutional value

Keywords

• Black America
• Karmelo Anthony
• cultural attitudes
• victimhood
• racial identity
• collective identification
• Glenn Loury
• John McWhorter

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Organizations: The Glenn Show, Substack

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