CHAPTER 7
UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS AND FEARLESS LEADERS
Lessons from The Matrix, Singapore, and Texas
But the real world doesn’t go away. Racism exists. People are getting hurt. And just because it’s not happening to you, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
TREVOR NOAHBlack South African actor, writer, international stand-up comedian, comedy show host, and author of Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood1
In the science fiction action film The Matrix, the main character Neo is offered the choice between a red pill and a blue pill by rebel leader Morpheus. The red pill represents an uncertain future—it would free Neo from the enslaving control of the machine-generated dream world and allow him to escape into the real world, though living ...
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