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John McWhorter

John McWhorter teaches linguistics at Columbia University. He is the author of Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America.

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June 2, 2011
John McWhorter
Crimes and Punishments
May 16, 2011
John McWhorter
Trump Talk
May 13, 2011
John McWhorter
Rapper’s Delight
April 22, 2011
John McWhorter
Color Blind
April 1, 2011
John McWhorter
Moving While Black
March 23, 2011
John McWhorter
Swearing In
January 25, 2011
John McWhorter
Frances Fox Piven, Jim Sleeper, and Me
January 13, 2011
John McWhorter
Nice Speech, But We Won't Be Coming Together
January 10, 2011
John McWhorter
What If Barbara Jordan Had Said 'Don't Retreat, Reload'?
December 31, 2010
John McWhorter
Getting Darnell Off the Corners: An America On the Rise Will Ride the Anti-Drug-War Wave
December 31, 2010
John McWhorter
Getting Darnell Off the Corners: Why America Should Ride the Anti-Drug-War Wave
December 13, 2010
John McWhorter
Which Languages Should Liberal Arts Be About in 2010?
November 22, 2010
John McWhorter
The Great White Guilt on the Great White Way
November 16, 2010
John McWhorter
Kanye West: Bard or Bully?
November 3, 2010
John McWhorter
Why Tea Party Candidates Are Such Poor Orators (With Marco Rubio Being the Glaring, Terrifying Exception)
November 3, 2010
John McWhorter
Why Tea Party Candidates Are Such Bad Orators (With Marco Rubio Being the Glaring, Terrifying Exception)
October 13, 2010
John McWhorter
California Screamin'--The W-Word?
October 5, 2010
John McWhorter
The Integration Jitters
September 29, 2010
John McWhorter
Bishop Long’s Opportunity for Redemption
September 2, 2010
John McWhorter
Don't Believe the Hype About Aborigines, Yiddish, or Ebonics

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