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John McWhorter: Is Kamala Harris the Next Obama?

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1:05 John: A Kamala Harris presidency won’t improve the discourse on race

9:12 Glenn: Kamala Harris is no Barack Obama

14:44 Why Glenn just can’t excited about a Harris presidency

18:07 Ground News

20:40 How Kamala measures up to Obama under the spotlight

23:07 Kamala’s code switching

25:50 Building the black political persona

33:51 White Ladies and White Dudes for Kamala

40:39 Are there white Sonya Masseys?

45:55 ACTA

48:03 Walz’s war on “weird”

48:14 The Dems get their hands dirty

55:48 Trump’s near-death experience that wasn’t

Recorded August 9, 2024

Links and Readings

Barack Obama’s memoir, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Trump’s on-stage interview before the National Association of Black Journalists

NYT story about Trump’s alleged helicopter ride

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