![Serious Inquiries Only artwork](https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/e1/08/34/e108347b-687e-717f-379b-a91c79320f99/mza_1321966082819890017.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
SIO180: Liam Neeson and White Fragility
Serious Inquiries Only
English - February 14, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 981 ratingsPolitics News News Commentary left religion atheism democrat liberal news politics progressive skepticism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: SIO179: Phil Torres on X-Risks and Pinker's Sloppy Scholarship
Next Episode: SIO181: The Jussie Smollett Story
After a brief wade into the (I think mistaken) uproar over tax refunds not being as high as last year, I go on to tackle the story of an old white actor telling about the time he was George Zimmerman and then expecting it to be totally cool. And furthermore, how on Earth could ANYONE not accept his semi-pology? We must be living in the Salem Witch Trials era! In all seriousness though, I want to explore the issue and where I think people are going right, wrong, and possibly missing good points. I reference the excellent book White Fragility by Robin DeAngelo, which I highly recommend. Here is the Vox article I mention. Here's Trevor Noah's take. Liam Neeson's second interview.