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Can we confront cancel culture by finding common ground between moderate leftists and ‘wokists’?

A.C. Grayling’s new book Discriminations: Making Peace in the Culture Wars sees the renowned philosopher wading into the ethical minefields of “woke” activism, cancellation, and conservative backlash.

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John McWhorter: Is 'Wokeness' Finally Dead?

New York Times columnist and linguist John McWhorter discusses the rise and fall of "woke," DEI and affirmative action, and his new book on the history of pronouns.

The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white

The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white

“Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.”

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Presidential Debates Should Be More Frequent, and Tougher on Candidates

The presidency is a powerful position, and the job application should be hard on hopefuls.

John McWhorter on the Columbia Protests

An excerpt from his column in yesterday's N.Y. Times: Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were giving an in-class presentation on the composer John Cage. His most famous piece is "4'33"," which directs us to listen in silence to surrounding noise for…

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"Say No To Police Profanity"

An interesting column by one of my favorite commentators, Prof. John McWhorter. An excerpt: Precincts across the nation do, in fact, have rules against profanity on the job. However, they are barely enforced if at all …. This casual cursing at people is not a mere matter of the informality…

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #81

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Distinguishing Uses of Slurs in a Government Workplace

From In the Matter of Ruggiero, decided last month by the N.J. intermediate appellate court: Ruggiero was accused of workplace misconduct and the County sought to terminate her. That sanction was first rejected by a hearing officer and then an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The ALJ found a six-month suspension,…

How To Talk About Racism

How To Talk About Racism

Linguist John McWhorter on the ways social justice activists have betrayed black Americans.

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