John McWhorter – The Post-Affirmative Action Class of 2028

<p>Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=59s" target="_blank">0:59</a> Glenn debuts his new studio </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=154s" target="_blank">2:34</a> Life after academia </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=782s" target="_blank">13:02</a> The challenge of having a lot of time on your hands </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=1090s" target="_blank">18:10</a> John’s new musical endeavors </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=1220s" target="_blank">20:20</a> Ground News ad </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=1358s" target="_blank">22:38</a> John’s forthcoming book, <em>Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words</em> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=1507s" target="_blank">25:07</a> Glenn and John form an impromptu book club </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=1783s" target="_blank">29:43</a> The first class of post-Students for Fair Admissions college freshmen </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=2182s" target="_blank">36:22</a> Are black students being shut out of the upper echelons of American society? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=2433s" target="_blank">40:33</a> The Supreme Court’s “indirect beneficial endowment” to HBCUs </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=2802s" target="_blank">46:42</a> Glenn: “The wheel is turning” on race politics in America </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=3138s" target="_blank">52:18</a> ACTA ad </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=3266s" target="_blank">54:26</a> Plagiarism in Robin DiAngelo’s dissertation </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=3422s" target="_blank">57:02</a> John: I don’t recognize the world that Danzy Senna and Ketanji Brown Jackson describe, even though I lived in it </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5wk4HDSXv8&#38;t=3847s" target="_blank">1:04:07</a> Did Thomas Chatterton Williams really say what he said to Danzy Senna?</p><p>Recorded September 8, 2024</p><p><strong>Links and Readings</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-history/id1537788786" target="_blank"><em>The Rest Is History</em></a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-history/id1537788786" target="_blank"> on Apple Podcasts</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pronoun-Trouble-Story-Seven-Little/dp/0593713281" target="_blank">Preorder John’s forthcoming book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pronoun-Trouble-Story-Seven-Little/dp/0593713281" target="_blank"><em>Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/States-Union-David-Kaiser/dp/1732874530" target="_blank">David Kaiser’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/States-Union-David-Kaiser/dp/1732874530" target="_blank"><em>States of the Union: A History of the United States through Presidential Addresses, 1789-2023</em></a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/david-kaiser-states-of-the-union" target="_blank">David Kaiser discusses his book </a><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/david-kaiser-states-of-the-union" target="_blank"><em>States of the Union </em></a><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/david-kaiser-states-of-the-union" target="_blank">on TGS</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Country-Palestinian-Life/dp/0312427107" target="_blank">Sari Nusseibeh’s memoir, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Country-Palestinian-Life/dp/0312427107" target="_blank"><em>Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/John-Lewis-Life-David-Greenberg/dp/1982142995" target="_blank">David Greenberg’s forthcoming book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/John-Lewis-Life-David-Greenberg/dp/1982142995" target="_blank"><em>John Lewis: A Life</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Colored-Television-Novel-Danzy-Senna/dp/0593544374" target="_blank">Danzy Senna’s novel, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Colored-Television-Novel-Danzy-Senna/dp/0593544374" target="_blank"><em>Colored Television</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/James-Novel-Percival-Everett/dp/0593862732" target="_blank">Percival Everett’s novel, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/James-Novel-Percival-Everett/dp/0593862732" target="_blank"><em>James</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lovely-One-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson/dp/B0CWWV33TB" target="_blank">Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lovely-One-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson/dp/B0CWWV33TB" target="_blank"><em>Lovely One</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Race-Self-Sabotage-Black-America/dp/0060935936" target="_blank">John’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Race-Self-Sabotage-Black-America/dp/0060935936" target="_blank"><em>Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJBFBwRXvc" target="_blank">Michelle Obama’s DNC speech</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Portrait-Black-White-Fatherhood-Rethinking/dp/0393358542" target="_blank">Thomas Chatterton Williams’s book, </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Portrait-Black-White-Fatherhood-Rethinking/dp/0393358542" target="_blank"><em>Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race</em></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>