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John McWhorter (
Columbia University
,
Lexicon Valley
,
The Atlantic
) and Richard Thompson Ford (
Stanford Law School
,
Racial Culture
,
The Race Card
)
Did desegregation hurt the school performance of black kids?
.
00:42
How “acting white” is a middle-class phenomenon
.
05:26
John and Rich remember their Urkel days
.
09:42
Maybe segregated schools are better
.
14:37
Even white kids think whiteness is corny–but they still hit the books
.
19:28
Did George W. Bush do right by black kids?
.
29:53
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Stuart Buck’s new book, “Acting White”
John’s TNR review of “Acting White”
Rich’s Slate review of “Acting White”
John’s book, “Losing the Race”
John on the Tea Party and racism
Communitas | Jul 18, 2010 | John McWhorter & Richard Thompson Ford
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Sex, death, and science
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Wrang-wranging the rioters
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How Obama enabled Trump
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A MAGA scorned
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Arranged marriages for Millennials
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How close are we to China-level censorship?
Robert Wright and Conor Friedersdorf discuss the unprecedented power that tech companies have over speech in the US.
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“We’re storming the Capitol, it’s a revolution!”
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and historian Bill Black discuss the possible mindsets of the MAGA insurrectionists.
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Trump’s assault on Mike Pence
Robert Wright argues that Trump purposefully encouraged rioters in the Capitol to direct their ire toward his own vice president.
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How did conservatives go from Burke to Alinsky?
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis explore how the right wing turned insurrectionist.
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Quantum spookiness explained!
Science writer George Musser explains one of physics’ strangest concepts to John Horgan.
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