John McWhorter & Jonathan Rieder – Canceling "Culture in America"

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrsv3wrzrLQ&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> Why Jonathan’s course “Culture in America” got canceled </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrsv3wrzrLQ&#38;t=547s" target="_blank">9:07</a> The fragility of liberal arts education </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrsv3wrzrLQ&#38;t=1044s" target="_blank">17:24</a> Managing “CRT zealots” in the classroom </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrsv3wrzrLQ&#38;t=1664s" target="_blank">27:44</a> Is there a future for free inquiry? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrsv3wrzrLQ&#38;t=2103s" target="_blank">35:03</a> John: Black middle-class students don’t need affirmative action </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrsv3wrzrLQ&#38;t=2697s" target="_blank">44:57</a> Is diversity the problem, or is it elitism? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrsv3wrzrLQ&#38;t=3155s" target="_blank">52:35</a> The virtues (and virtue signaling) of Randall Kennedy</p><p>Recorded June 17, 2023</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/whos-allowed-teach-culture-america" target="_blank">Alex Morey and Nadine Strossen’s </a><em>FIRE</em><a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/whos-allowed-teach-culture-america" target="_blank"> article about Jonathan, “Who’s Allowed to Teach ‘Culture in America’?”</a></p><p><a href="https://cep.barnard.edu/" target="_blank">Barnard’s Center for Engaged Pedagogy</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/WOKE-RACISM/dp/1800751443" target="_blank">John’s book, </a><em>Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/dp/0807047414" target="_blank">Robin DiAngelo’s book, </a><em>White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Man-White-House-Racial-Aversion/dp/162134360X" target="_blank">Cornell Belcher’s book, </a><em>A Black Man in the White House: Barack Obama and the Triggering of America’s Racial-Aversion Crisis</em></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/affirmative-action-race-socioeconomic-supreme-court/674251/" target="_blank">Richard Rothstein’s </a><em>Atlantic </em><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/affirmative-action-race-socioeconomic-supreme-court/674251/" target="_blank">piece, “The Problem with Wealth-Based Affirmative Action”</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/racial-preferences-may-be-ending" target="_blank">John’s guest post, “Racial Preferences May End, but the Fight Will Continue”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Faces-Bottom-Well-Permanence-Racism/dp/1541645537" target="_blank">Derrick Bell’s book, </a><em>Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism</em></p><p><a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/affirmative-distraction" target="_blank">Glenn’s </a><em>City Journal </em><a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/affirmative-distraction" target="_blank">essay, “Affirmative Distraction”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/resistance-black-advancement-affirmative-action.html" target="_blank">Randall Kennedy NYT guest essay, “The Truth Is, Many Americans Just Don’t Want Black People to Get Ahead”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/my-race-problem/376849/" target="_blank">Randall Kennedy’s </a><em>Atlantic</em><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/my-race-problem/376849/" target="_blank"> essay, “My Race Problem”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Discrimination-Race-Affirmative-Action-Law/dp/0307949362" target="_blank">Randall Kennedy’s book, </a><em>For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nigger-Strange-Career-Troublesome-Word/dp/0375713719" target="_blank">Randall Kennedy’s book, </a><em>Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word</em></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/john-mcwhorter-and-randall-kennedy" target="_blank">John McWhorter and Randall Kennedy on The Glenn Show</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjp1y40ERnA" target="_blank">John’s 2008 </a><em>Bloggingheads </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjp1y40ERnA" target="_blank">conversation with Randall Kennedy</a></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>