The Glenn Show John McWhorter – America's Shifting Position on Gaza
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0:00 John: Not all of Trump’s demands on Columbia are crazy
3:45 Are the accusations of antisemitism at Columbia apt?
12:43 Ground News ad
14:22 The shifting public perception of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
24:30 The historical legacy of Gaza’s starvation
27:40 Glenn: There are ways to destroy Israel without an army
32:21 The lull in American race politics
38:22 Has the race debate devolved to Sidney Sweeney’s jeans?
47:27 John’s theory of violent crime among black youths
Recorded August 5, 2025
Links and Readings
Peter Beinart’s book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Glenn’s conversation with Beinart
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s book, Between the World and Me
Courtney Moorehead Balaker and Ted Balaker’s documentary, The Coddling of the American Mind
Sidney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad
John’s NYT column, “Do These Jeans Make My Ads Look Racist?”
Glenn and John’s conversation with Randall Kennedy
Glenn and John’s conversation with Keith Ellison
Thomas Sowell’s book, Black Rednecks & White Liberals
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