[Conor Friedersdorf]
The most engaging conversations about race that I've seen lately are between John McWhorter and Glenn Loury. I offer an excerpt not to agree or disagree with what they say, but to suggest that their demeanor and forthrightness serve as a model for how these sorts of conversations ought to happen.
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I'd sure like to take that class.
(I should note, by the way, that I am an assistant editor at Bloggingheads.tv)
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