John McWhorter
Posts
Gun Violence Is Like What Segregation Was. An Unaddressed Moral Stain.
How else to explain the resistance to dealing with it?
Every Day, We’re Told to Use New Lingo. What Does That Really Accomplish?
Constantly updating terminology isn’t going to achieve progressive aims.
Walter Mosley Brilliantly Depicted Black English — and Black Thought
I was late to the party. Now I’m an evangelist for his work.
‘Racism’ Has Too Many Definitions. We Need Another Term.
The word belongs in a discussion about the Buffalo tragedy. Something else should describe racial disparities.
I Think It’s Fine to Say ‘I Feel Like.’ I Reckon Others Do, Too.
Leaving room for disagreement is gracious, not timid.
I’m Pro-Choice. But I Don’t Think Pro-Lifers Are Bad People.
Too often, we fail to credit our political opponents’ morality.
Blackness and Standard English Can Coexist. Professors, Take Note.
Failing to recognize this underserves Black English speakers.
The Right Likes Book Bans. That Fuels the Left’s Cancel Culture.
Recreational puritanism begets itself.
When You Hear the F-Word, Try Picking Up More Than One Meaning
Some words have multiple parts. Some dirty words say multiple things.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Has an ‘African’ Name. I Wish We Knew More About It.
Its unspecified origin leaves a linguistic shoe undropped.
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