The NPR program This American Life is broadcasting a story about racism in the Amsterdam fire department. The overall story seems painfully familiar to me, but just in a different place in present time. The broadcast begins with firefighters urinating in the helmets of other firefighters. It spirals down from there.
The point is simple: Some racists do not believe they are racist and allegations of racism against them are nonsense. The facts contradict that, but attitudes among many people in Western societies is changing for the worse. Western culture and civility are in retrograde. Western political and educational systems are failing to combat the propaganda of hate and bigotry. Liberal democracy and tolerance are failing, while hate, bigotry and authoritarianism is rising.
The broadcast will be available today at 8 pm Eastern time: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/684/burn-it-down
Transcript: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/684/transcript
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