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The Glenn Show

Glenn Loury (Brown University) and John McWhorter (The Root, What Language Is)

Glenn and John discuss their weariness with being spokesmen on the "race" issue in America. John anticipates more demand for such "race talk" in the coming year, with affirmative action and voting rights cases coming before the Supreme Court. John invites Glenn to reminisce about "race talk" in the 1990s, and Glenn laments that this was when neoconservatives became just plain conservatives. They discuss being the only black person in a room full of conservatives, and Glenn recalls why he once apologized to Jesse Jackson. John explains why he's tired of speaking about race before largely white audiences. Glenn and John discuss stop-and-frisk policing and voting rights from their "weary with race" perspectives. Glenn declares his solution to being trapped in the ghetto of racial commentary: he's going global.

Recorded: Jul 3   Posted: Jul 3, 2012
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The Glenn Show | Jul 3, 2012 | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter

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