John McWhorter – Sixteen Years of "The Black Guys"
August 25, 2023
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August 25, 2023
John McWhorter – Sixteen Years of "The Black Guys"
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSarxYDE-c&t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> A sixteen-year-long conversation</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSarxYDE-c&t=345s" target="_blank">5:45</a> Race and socioeconomics on the cusp of the Obama Era</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSarxYDE-c&t=1279s" target="_blank">21:19</a> The myth of black poverty and deindustrialization</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSarxYDE-c&t=1976s" target="_blank">32:56</a> Glenn pulls rank</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSarxYDE-c&t=2279s" target="_blank">37:59</a> Why Glenn changed his mind about the Manhattan Institute</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSarxYDE-c&t=3015s" target="_blank">50:15</a> Is the think tank world any more “objective” than academia?</p><p>Recorded August 19, 2023</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/eJRrOKg9nPo" target="_blank">Glenn and John’s first conversation from November 7, 2007</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Race-Self-Sabotage-Black-America/dp/0060935936" target="_blank">John’s book, </a><em>Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Race-Beyond-Crisis-America/dp/1592402704" target="_blank">John’s book, </a><em>Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Racial-Inequality-Preface-Lectures/dp/0674260465" target="_blank">Glenn’s book, </a><em>The Anatomy of Racial Inequality</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Controversialist-Arguments-Everyone-Right-Center/dp/1637582277" target="_blank">Martin Peretz’s memoir, </a><em>The Controversialist: Arguments with Everyone, Left, Right, and Center</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hip-Hop-Revolution-Culture-Politics-Cultureamerica/dp/0700616519" target="_blank">Jeffrey O.C. Ogbar’s book, </a><em>Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Ground-American-Social-1950-1980/dp/0465065880" target="_blank">Charles Murray’s book, </a><em>Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bell-Curve-Intelligence-Structure-Paperbacks/dp/0684824299" target="_blank">Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein’s book, </a><em>The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life</em></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&utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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