Wright Thompson

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994 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Jun 2025 last heard 17 Sep

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The Bulwark Daily · Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi · 16 Jan 2026 podcast

And when he could finally talk again, the first thing he said was, we can't let people forget.

I would love somebody to explain to me what the difference is.

I mean, I obviously know what I think.

I don't think there is one.

But I would love for someone to try to explain to me what they see as the difference between critical race theory and just black history.

What's the difference?

It feels like there's very much a war on black history going on, which is a war on American history.

And I don't really understand what the problem is with teaching about Emmett Till.

Which is absurd, which is, you know, they're not wrong about that.

That's absurd.

And what I would say to him is only someone who already hates themselves could be convinced to hate themselves by just learning about some history.

I love my family.

I used to think there were good people and bad people around these issues.

And now I sort of understand that they're just brave people and cowards.

And, you know, I have family members who were brave.

I have family members who were cowards.

We all have brave people and cowards in us.

You know, I have two young kids.

Before I had kids, I was liable to say a lot crazier shit on the Internet than I am now because I don't want them to have to deal with it at school.

I absolutely censor myself.

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