All the Meditation in the World Can’t Fix Your Racist Opinions
Everyone knows about meditation and its benefits. After a quick Google search, some of the benefits of meditation are listed as stress management, gaining a new perspective on stressful situations, and increasing self-awareness. Benefits not gifted to master mediator Sam Harris.
About a month ago, Harris released yet another episode of his podcast focused on racial equality and protesting. Harris has come a long way, noting the existence of generational wealth gaps and the century of racist policies after the emancipation of slavery, but is that enough? Not really, because in that same podcast, Harris also tells us that there was no racial motivation in the murder of George Floyd or that there is an issue with police brutality.
Sam Harris has a long history of being unintentionally racist and intentionally dismissing explicit systemic racism in our country. For someone who has likely made millions off a meditation course, introspection and questioning internal biases are a limited practice for Harris.
Racism and Violence
In this 2017 podcast, episode #42, Harris describes himself as part of the new center, a dedication to being neither leftwing nor rightwing. Other members of the “new center” include Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Stefan Molyneux.
