Does Kanye West’s Anti-Semitism Matter?

While more than two months have gone by since Tucker Carlson aired his interview with the popular rapper now known as Ye, the story hasn’t entirely faded from the public eye. John McWhorter asks whether the bigotry of a celebrity who “obviously likes to get a jump out of people by saying terrible things” really merits so much discussion. Perhaps, he suggests, all the attention only encourages West. McWhorter addresses these and related questions with Glenn Loury. (Video, 72 minutes. A transcript and some additional commentary is available at the link below.)