John McWhorter & Tyler Austin Harper – Compulsory Racial Performance

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0:00 A message from Glenn

3:56 Tyler’s research on human extinction and the end of the world

12:11 Tyler’s two forthcoming books

13:38 How elite schools incentivize “compulsory racial performance”

18:40 The “mission creep” of identity politics

24:23 Tyler Austin Harper University’s admissions policy

28:44 Does diversity contribute to quality of education?

35:18 The trouble with being “the black person” in class

37:38 Diversity at Bates College, where Tyler teaches

41:38 Night fishing with Tyler, insect collecting with John

45:46 Tyler’s prolific social media presence

48:38 Tyler’s five-year plan

52:51 The turn away from obscurantism in the humanities

Recorded April 28, 2024

Links and Readings

Glenn and John’s first conversation with Tyler

Glenn and John talk with Tyler and Daniel Bessner

Mary Shelley’s novel, The Last Man

Tyler’s NYT piece, “I Teach at an Elite College. Here’s a Look Inside the Racial Gaming of Admissions”

Christopher Lasch’s book, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

Richard Hanania’s book, The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics

Glenn’s conversation with Peter Arcidiacono

Tyler’s X (formerly Twitter) account

Tyler’s Atlantic piece, “Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad”

Jacques Derrida’s essay, “No Apocalypse, Not Now”