The Hoax and the Lawsuit: Revisiting the Trayvon Martin Case | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter [The Glenn Show]

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

The following conversation is long, and you may be tempted to shut it down early, as I was, but I believe it will ultimately prove it’s worth.






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George Zimmerman sues a bunch of people for $100 million 0:34

Rightwing filmmaker Joel Gilbert’s The Trayvon Hoax 9:28

Gilbert’s past conspiracy theorizing 22:59

An age of fake news and relativism 26:38

What John thinks really happened 32:05

Recent racially charged hoaxes 38:22

The racial narrative and “whose side are you on?” 42:58

Glenn Loury (Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University) and John McWhorter (Columbia University, Lexicon Valley, The Atlantic)

Recorded December 5, 2019

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