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John H. McWhorter

John McWhorter teaches linguistics, philosophy, and music history at Columbia University and is the author of The Language Hoax, Words on the Move, and Talking Back, Talking Black.

3 articles by John H. McWhorter

Symposium: Is Free Speech Under Threat in the United States?

by Floyd Abrams, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lee C. Bollinger, Richard A. Epstein, David French, Pamela Geller, Jonah Goldberg, KC Johnson, Laura Kipnis, Eugene Kontorovich, Nicholas Lemann, Michael Lewis, Heather Mac Donald, John H. McWhorter, Kate Bachelder Odell, Jonathan Rauch, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Ben Shapiro, Judith Shulevitz, Harvey Silverglate, Christina Hoff Sommers, John Stossel, Warren Treadgold, Matt Welch, Adam J. White, Cathy Young and Robert J. Zimmer

Symposium

Still Losing the Race?

by John H. McWhorter

A personal inquiry into why pessimism and victimology remain the key tenets of "advanced" black thought.

Up from Hip-Hop

by John H. McWhorter

On screen and stage, being "really black" no longer requires a pose of victimhood and rage.

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John H. McWhorter

Symposium: Is Free Speech Under Threat in the United States?

Still Losing the Race?

Up from Hip-Hop