22 December 2024
Share this video: |
|
 |
|
Or choose a specific part to share: |
|
Start at:   |
|
|
|
|
Embed this video, or the specific part you've chosen, on your site:
Glenn Loury (Manhattan Institute, Brown University) and John McWhorter (Columbia University, Lexicon Valley, New York Times)
On The Glenn Show, John explains to Glenn why he objects to the recent firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley from The Chronicle of Higher Education after she wrote a piece attacking black studies. Glenn argues that Riley’s piece was offensive and wrong. John recalls his own critical assessment of the field, and he and Glenn discuss what black studies should be. They disagree about the state of Harvard’s influential black studies department. Glenn worries that black academics are held to a lower standard, a theme John discussed in his 2000 book Losing the Race. Glenn and John agree that black studies needs to adopt a more global approach.
Play entire video
Glenn Loury
John McWhorter
Naomi Schaefer Riley’s controversial article on black studies
John’s Daily News piece on Riley
Khalil Gibran Muhammad’s book, “The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America”
John’s article on black studies at Minding the Campus
Harvard’s Department of African and African-American Studies
“Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.”, the PBS program on genetics and genealogy
John’s book “Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America”
The documentary “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”
The Glenn Show | May 23, 2012 | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
How to End the Ukraine War
Andrew Day and Connor Echols discuss the foreign policy news of the week. In this episode, Day and Echols also discuss how progressives should approach Trump’s foreign policy, and then Anatol Lieven joins to discuss Russia-Ukraine peace talks.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Marriage on the Rocks
Robert Wright and Conn Carroll, author of the new book Sex and the Citizen, discuss the history of marriage, its current troubles as an institution, and Carroll’s proposals to address them.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Did the US start the catastrophe in Ukraine?
Scott Horton, author of the new book Provoked, makes the case that it did. From Robert Wright’s NonZero Podcast.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Syria’s uncertain political future
Robert Wright and Middle East expert Joshua Landis discuss.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Covid: The Evidence Against Natural Origin
Yuri Deigin of YouthBio Therapeutics, in conversation with Robert Wright, explains why he thinks Covid came from the Wuhan virology lab.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Was President Biden wrong to pardon his son Hunter?
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom debate the issue.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Why is so much of the AI community hawkish on China?
Robert Wright and Nathan Labenz, host of the Cognitive Revolution podcast, discuss the question in light of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent ideological self-disclosure.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Will Trump release the JFK files?
Robert Wright and journalist Jefferson Morley, publisher of the JFK Facts newsletter, discuss.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Elon vs Bluesky, Jake Paul vs Tyson, AI vs World Peace
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the Bluesky boom, the Jake Paul-Tyson “fight”, AI’s militaristic turn, and more.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Will Trump Go Full-On Authoritarian?
View these comments on a non-video page
View these comments on a non-video page