Shermichael Singleton – The Shaping of a Young Black Conservative [Bonus Episode]

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:00 How an elementary school project turned Shermichael on to politics 7:16 Black and Republican at Morehouse in the Obama era 9:05 Why Shermichael is a conservative 12:48 The two sides of black “progress” 17:24 Shermichael: Identity matters, even for conservatives 21:54 How Shermichael got booted from the Trump administration 28:26 Shermichael’s relatively positive assessment of Trump’s presidency 32:29 Was Trump’s post-election behavior good for conservatism? 37:43 The counterintuitive Evangelical support for Trump 40:41 Shermichael’s mentors at Morehouse 50:17 Encountering Thomas Sowell and Glenn 56:19 What Ben Carson is up to these days 58:51 The major intellectual influences on Glenn Recorded January 4, 2024 Links and Readings Shermichael’s Ebony piece, “Young, Gifted (Conservative, Republican) and Black” (scroll down) Shermichael’s the Hill piece, “A Republican asks: Aren’t we morally obliged to stand up to Trump,” that got him fired Rev. Dr. Robert Michael Franklin on Morehouse Hit Strategies American Cornerstone Institute The Shermichael Singleton Show on Apple Podcasts

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