Columbia University professor and Atlantic Magazine writer John McWhorter speaks with political satirist and TV presenter Josh Szeps about the transformation of radicalized progressive politics into a religious-style belief system
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John McWhorter on the Ideological Excesses of the Social-Justice Movement

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John McWhorter on the Ideological Excesses of the Social-Justice Movement

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