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Slow White Quarterbacks
What happens when something sounds so absurd that we stop checking whether it’s actually true?
On today’s Plausibly Live, a viral headline claims a Columbia professor won an award for a book arguing that white paint is racist. There really is a book called A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint, but the headline leaves out some rather important details. That opens a larger question about selective outrage, viral memes, and why bad arguments deserve better arguments rather than distorted ones.
Then we turn to football. Trevor Lawrence stops at the one-yard line, jokes about helping…
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