Were in a really bad cyclee right now thanks to orange hitler. And so they come and go. So, i mean, i feel, yes, theres more diversity. Were brown people are creeping into more establishment places like in hollywood, but and politics but its really, really slow. Im just happy i made it this long to see at least one of the good cycles come up. But i think its got to improve down the road because, yeah, people got to deal. I remember this Marine Recruit that got let go from the marines when he was spotted on the at a trump rally, screaming, and almost hitting a young black moster, black protester, and im not a militaristic guy, and i thought good job marines. That was good, sane work decision right there. That guy, that kid was not fit to protect his what would be his diverse fellow soldiers. If we can find another young man better qualified, im sure it would be kind of easy, but someone that is not ready toy play with the rest of us. So, thats the reality now. We are diverse and we we k
I mean, the klan is not avoiding it. Right . The extreme right wing is not avoiding the coming demographic changes in the country, but the liberal establishment avoids it and the left avoids it as well. And i think there are theyre afraid to poke the bear, afraid to say this is the big deal. This country is going to change. Theyre afraid to talk about race and in relationship to what it means to be american or american identity or american exceptionalism. So, theres a lot of denial and avoidance, and i think we have to stop that. We have to find a way to talk about it and thats why i think philosophers can make a contribution despite the fact were not social scientists but we can help provide concepts in a way to talk about what whiteness is, thats realistic, neither naive. Host youre wearing a Bernie Sanders button but you saw the left, including Bernie Sanders, is avoiding the topic. Can you give examples how theyre avoiding the topic. Guest yes. Bernie is actually one of the ones wh
Hillarys slogan, is similarly problemat ying. When was the United States ever whole . Host why do you think Bernie Sanders faced so much backlash from the black lives matter group when he said, all lives matter . Guest well, he didnt really issue in that slogan. It was initiated by some people after the black lives matter hash tag got circulated. So he said it in one speech. But i think he has an understanding and he has had it consistently through his senate career, that we have particular challenges to the valuing and the equality of black and brown bodies in the United States, and native americans as well. So, we have of course, all lives matter but we need to redress the particular obstacles that some of our citizens and other People Living in this space faced in just daytoday survival. Host the book is called the future of whiteness. The author is professor of philosophy, linda alcoff, and mike is in new york city, calling in. Mike . Good afternoon. Caller good afternoon. Id like
Deal or no deal, congress is working on doing deals aimed at ending the Government Shutdown and averting default. Speaker john boehner has reportedly stopped talking to the white house. Reporter on the house side its over for the day. So were going to come back to the house in a minute. We have more on the senate. We have comments from harry reid, the majority leader, saying the negotiations in the house on the issue of raising the debt ceilings, im talking about raising the debt ceiling. Harry reid said the negotiations on that front are over. He said the republicans were talking to the president , but that has now stopped, and so basically its all eyes on the senate. Its all down to the senate. The Republican Caucus in the house seem to acknowledge these comments and they also, according to unnamed sources, you can guess who they are, all the usual candidates, basically there are no negotiations going on and the republicans in the senate should stand firm on their principles. Of cour