Is Rap America's Poetry?
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Is Rap America's Poetry?
with John McWhorter
Very few Americans take the trouble to memorize favorite lines of verse anymore. But John McWhorter believes that the impulse to do so hasn’t gone away—it’s simply been transferred to hip-hop. In this clip from our most recent episode, John and I debate whether rap is America’s poetry.
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Is Rap America's Poetry?
Good discussion. John & Glenn, I don’t understand how people can’t see the media censorship and COVID fear mongering and “accommodations” as very suggestive of election tampering.
Where do you draw the line between politicking and election interference? And why does that line seem to move depending on your party?
The deep state can work with media to censor and control messages for the deep state candidate , but if Trump even expresses an objection to the outcome he is a criminal?
I missed the Monday episode, (I was finishing one of my letters that includes table of contents). I agree with John that rap is poetry. Question for John: What is the current phase of rap evolving into?