Who Speaks for Black America? | Glenn Loury, John McWhorter & Ian Rowe | The Glenn Show

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0:00 Al Sharpton’s National Action Network still exists, apparently
5:00 MLK’s understanding of America’s contributions to democracy
12:58 Are the “people with three names” grifters or merely limited in their racial vision?
21:07 How do you change the minds of black voters?
30:13 The national black leadership vacuum
36:30 The under-recognized success of the black middle class
41:30 Ian’s got a four-point plan …
47:38 … but what’s the best way to disseminate it? (It’s podcasts.)
51:37 The paradox of Obama and Thomas
1:01:01 How does Glenn know “nobody is coming to save us”?

Glenn Loury, John McWhorter (Columbia, New York Times, Lexicon Valley), and Ian Rowe (AEI, Vertex Partnership Academies). Recorded April 9, 2023.