To steel-man Sharpton, (not that I think he deserves it, but anyway,) he may have really meant "nothing that merited the deadly level of force used against him". That said, the distinction definitely should have been pointed out. It galls me incredibly that people lump together Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, and Breonna Taylor with George Floyd and Michael Brown. There is a WORLD of difference between these situations, broadly speaking. (And there are definite gray area cases like Eric Garner.)
John did an excellent job on the Munk Debate. Very controlled and clinically precise, I thought.
If anyone listens to the link I posted above, one warning: You might want to spend the few seconds it takes to find the iHeart on that page. The first (default) player that popped up kept abruptly ending. I had no problems after I switched to the iHeart player. Maybe it was my PC, but if you experience the same problem, try iHeart.
I generally agreed with John. However, it seemed like John and Gloria were talking past each other most of the time. This problem is not unique to this particular debate and seems to characterize most the of discussion about "Critical Race Theory." AFAICT, the main disagreement was about whether students in public elementary schools are being taught that race is an essential part of one's identity and related ideas such as that black people are always victims and white people are always oppressors.
Great show.
Here's the link John mentioned. I haven't listened yet but soon will.
https://munkdebates.com/podcast/critical-race-theory
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What to make of this from Sharpton?
“Hunter did nothing wrong, just like we felt George Floyd did nothing wrong," Sharpton told reporters before the memorial.
Seriously? George Floyd did nothing wrong?
To steel-man Sharpton, (not that I think he deserves it, but anyway,) he may have really meant "nothing that merited the deadly level of force used against him". That said, the distinction definitely should have been pointed out. It galls me incredibly that people lump together Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, and Breonna Taylor with George Floyd and Michael Brown. There is a WORLD of difference between these situations, broadly speaking. (And there are definite gray area cases like Eric Garner.)
John did an excellent job on the Munk Debate. Very controlled and clinically precise, I thought.
If anyone listens to the link I posted above, one warning: You might want to spend the few seconds it takes to find the iHeart on that page. The first (default) player that popped up kept abruptly ending. I had no problems after I switched to the iHeart player. Maybe it was my PC, but if you experience the same problem, try iHeart.
I generally agreed with John. However, it seemed like John and Gloria were talking past each other most of the time. This problem is not unique to this particular debate and seems to characterize most the of discussion about "Critical Race Theory." AFAICT, the main disagreement was about whether students in public elementary schools are being taught that race is an essential part of one's identity and related ideas such as that black people are always victims and white people are always oppressors.