John McWhorter and Ian Rowe – Who Speaks for Black America?
Episode description
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”?
Recorded April 9, 2023
Links and Readings
Ian’s book, Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power
Ian’s charter school network, Vertex Partnership Academies
Al Sharpton’s National Action Network
Pew poll on black political strategy and leadership
AEI’s study, “Black Men: Making It in America”
Richard Reeves’s book, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
Thomas Sowell speaking at the 1980 Fairmont Conference
Clarence Thomas’s memoir, My Grandfather’s Son
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