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John Mcwhorter

John Mcwhorter

The Atlantic

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I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia...

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What if O.J.’s Trial Happened Now?

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Among the signature images of O.J. Simpson’s acquittal of the murders of his ex-wife...

19.04.2024 10

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On Broadway, ‘Centering’ Antiracism Is Delightful

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer My 12-year-old daughter practically had to drag me into the musical...

29.03.2024 10

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Where Did Our Strange Use of ‘Like’ Come From?

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Some months ago, one of my readers sent me an invaluable cache of...

16.02.2024 20

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We Need a New Word for ‘Plagiarism’

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer In December, a group of outside scholars appointed by a Harvard board...

24.01.2024 40

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Claudine Gay Was Not Driven Out Because She Is Black

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Since Claudine Gay’s resignation as president of Harvard University...

08.01.2024 40

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Why Claudine Gay Should Go

Advertisement Supported by John McWhorter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, should resign. I don’t love...

22.12.2023 80

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Training People to Think of Themselves as Weak Is a Form of Abuse

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the...

14.12.2023 20

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Knowing When ‘They’ Means One

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer I have a proposal about our new usage of “they” to refer to...

30.11.2023 80

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What Is ‘It Is What It Is’?

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By John McWhorter Opinion Writer On a recent podcast, Bill Gates asked me my least favorite word or...

13.09.2023 30

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