Chloé Simone – The Dark Side of Identity

The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported. If you’re not yet a full subscriber and want access to livestreams, Q&As, commenting, and other good stuff, click below to support TGS. We can’t do what we do without you. Click here to become a full subscriber. Video Links 0:00 Chloé’s theory of enchantment 3:54 Can a legal remedy solve a spiritual problem? 4:29 The human problem of stereotyping 8:26 Why Chloé thinks the rise of white identity politics was “totally predictable” 10:56 Ground News ad 12:46 Derrick Bell’s case against Brown v. Board of Education 14:49 The subject-citizen in Israel and the U.S. 17:01 Chloé’s year of mourning 19:09 Can a listening campaign help ease tensions in Israel? 23:26 An “aha” moment in Bethlehem 28:34 Chloé critique of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s analysis of Israel-Palestine 31:56 Does race have a future? Recorded February 13, 2026 Links and Readings Theory of Enchantment Chloé’s Substack post, “The First CRT President” Derrick Bell’s essay, “The Unintended Lessons in Brown v. Board of Education ” Derrick Bell’s book, Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism Chloé’s Substack post, “The G-Word” James Baldwin’s book, The Fire Next Time Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, The Message Coleman Hughes’s book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America Thomas Chatterton Williams’s book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood and Rethinking Race Báyò Akómoláfé’s home page This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/

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