Ha! No, it doesn't make me feel more comfortable. It does fit my style of 
thinking, though, which is criticism/critical. The NYT article was all choir. 
There was no Adversary in that article. It also fits my understanding of 
embodied cognition. Engagement is how we're defined, not abstractions like 
reading a book or being lectured by a lecturer. 

As I've argued plenty, humiliation is an effective tool. DiAngelo is GREAT at 
humiliating her white audience. And that's a good thing. Negative reinforcement 
works, despite what people might think. But McWhorter's position highlights the 
alternative. And having 2 ways of looking at an issue is better than having 1 
way of looking at it.

On 7/28/20 12:57 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
> Of course you would think that!  This article makes you feel more 
> comfortable, the intention no doubt of a Black college professor who is doing 
> what needs to be done to make it in a White world.


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