The Glenn Show John McWhorter – The Post-Affirmative Action Class of 2028
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0:59 Glenn debuts his new studio
2:34 Life after academia
13:02 The challenge of having a lot of time on your hands
18:10 John’s new musical endeavors
20:20 Ground News ad
22:38 John’s forthcoming book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
25:07 Glenn and John form an impromptu book club
29:43 The first class of post-Students for Fair Admissions college freshmen
36:22 Are black students being shut out of the upper echelons of American society?
40:33 The Supreme Court’s “indirect beneficial endowment” to HBCUs
46:42 Glenn: “The wheel is turning” on race politics in America
52:18 ACTA ad
54:26 Plagiarism in Robin DiAngelo’s dissertation
57:02 John: I don’t recognize the world that Danzy Senna and Ketanji Brown Jackson describe, even though I lived in it
1:04:07 Did Thomas Chatterton Williams really say what he said to Danzy Senna?
Recorded September 8, 2024
Links and Readings
The Rest Is History on Apple Podcasts
Preorder John’s forthcoming book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
David Kaiser’s book, States of the Union: A History of the United States through Presidential Addresses, 1789-2023
David Kaiser discusses his book States of the Union on TGS
Sari Nusseibeh’s memoir, Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life
David Greenberg’s forthcoming book, John Lewis: A Life
Danzy Senna’s novel, Colored Television
Percival Everett’s novel, James
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, Lovely One
John’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America
Thomas Chatterton Williams’s book, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
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