Here is my latest conversation with John McWhorter. We begin with a review of our respective academic careers and how being black has affected our work. We also assess the recent involvement of Al Sharpton and Benjamin Crump in the case of a white Arkansas man who was shot dead in June, under suspicious circumstances, by a police officer during a traffic stop. We close with an extended discussion of critical race theory, which we define carefully and evaluate thoroughly. We agree that CRT should not be banned by law, but we endorse the efforts of parents to weigh-in with their local schools against it.
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0:00 John McWhorter, master of his craft
5:18 Is John a “black linguist”? Is Glenn a “black economist”?
13:45 Al Sharpton and Benjamin Crump address police violence against white victims
24:25 Defining CRT
35:35 Is the CRT debate comparable to other debates in education?
43:43 Glenn: It is tyrannical to ban the teaching of CRT
