SubscribeSign inShare this postYOU ARE NOT A RACIST TO CRITICIZE CRITICAL RACE THEORY.johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJun 16, 2021Share this postYOU ARE NOT A RACIST TO CRITICIZE CRITICAL RACE THEORY.johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailSince a year ago, CRT-infused members of The Elect, traditionally overrepresented in the world of schools of education, have sought to take the opportunity furnished by our “racial reckoning” to turn American schools into academies of “antiracist” indoctrination.And the backlash is on.  One by one parents,...…SubscribeSign inShare this postYOU ARE NOT A RACIST TO CRITICIZE CRITICAL RACE THEORY.johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJun 16, 2021Share this postYOU ARE NOT A RACIST TO CRITICIZE CRITICAL RACE THEORY.johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailSince a year ago, CRT-infused members of The Elect, traditionally overrepresented in the world of schools of education, have sought to take the opportunity furnished by our “racial reckoning” to turn American schools into academies of “antiracist” indoctrination.And the backlash is on.  One by one parents,...WW…

H ever been in less basic agreement on what so many important words actually mean? Terms we use daily mean such different things to different people that communication is often blunted considerably, and sometimes even thwarted entirely. The gap between how the initiated express their ideological beliefs and how everyone else does seems larger than ever.The word racism has become almost maddeningly confusing in current usage. It tempts a linguist such as me to contravene the dictum that trying to influence the course of language change is futile.Racism began as a reference to personal...…H ever been in less basic agreement on what so many important words actually mean? Terms we use daily mean such different things to different people that communication is often blunted considerably, and sometimes even thwarted entirely. The gap between how the initiated express their ideological beliefs and how everyone else does seems larger than ever.The word racism has become almost maddeningly confusing in current usage. It tempts a linguist such as me to contravene the dictum that trying to influence the course of language change is futile.Racism began as a reference to personal...WW…

SubscribeSign inShare this postIs it racist to expect black kids to do math for real?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMar 1, 2021Share this postIs it racist to expect black kids to do math for real?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailThere is a documentThe idea is to show us how our racial reckoning of late ought change how we expose black kids to math. I suppose the counsel is also intended for kids of other types of melanin, but this is in essence a document that could be called “Math For Black Kids.”The latest is that state-level policy makers in...…SubscribeSign inShare this postIs it racist to expect black kids to do math for real?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailMar 1, 2021Share this postIs it racist to expect black kids to do math for real?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailThere is a documentThe idea is to show us how our racial reckoning of late ought change how we expose black kids to math. I suppose the counsel is also intended for kids of other types of melanin, but this is in essence a document that could be called “Math For Black Kids.”The latest is that state-level policy makers in...WW…

SubscribeSign inShare this postTHE ELECT: THE THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICA FROM ANTI-BLACK ANTIRACISTSjohnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJan 27, 2021Share this postTHE ELECT: THE THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICA FROM ANTI-BLACK ANTIRACISTSjohnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailTHE ELECT:NEORACISTS POSING AS ANTIRACISTSAND THEIR THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICAPREFACEI’m not one for long introductions – I like to get to the point. However, before we begin I would like to give the reader a sense of the trajectory of these installments, and what kind of...…SubscribeSign inShare this postTHE ELECT: THE THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICA FROM ANTI-BLACK ANTIRACISTSjohnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJan 27, 2021Share this postTHE ELECT: THE THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICA FROM ANTI-BLACK ANTIRACISTSjohnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailTHE ELECT:NEORACISTS POSING AS ANTIRACISTSAND THEIR THREAT TO A PROGRESSIVE AMERICAPREFACEI’m not one for long introductions – I like to get to the point. However, before we begin I would like to give the reader a sense of the trajectory of these installments, and what kind of...WW…

SubscribeSign inShare this postBlack fragility?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJan 27, 2021Share this postBlack fragility?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailLaw professor Jason Kilborn cited the N-word (and the B-word) on an exam thusly: n****, b****. It was in a question about an employment discrimination case. He has done so for years previously to no comment – as all reading this but a sliver would expect.But this year, a group of black students initiated a protest against him for harming them in exposing them to this expurgated rendition of the...…SubscribeSign inShare this postBlack fragility?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailJan 27, 2021Share this postBlack fragility?johnmcwhorter.substack.comCopy linkTwitterFacebookEmailLaw professor Jason Kilborn cited the N-word (and the B-word) on an exam thusly: n****, b****. It was in a question about an employment discrimination case. He has done so for years previously to no comment – as all reading this but a sliver would expect.But this year, a group of black students initiated a protest against him for harming them in exposing them to this expurgated rendition of the...WW…

A killing last spring, protests have flowered on many campuses, and so have manifestos demanding that the schools fully commit themselves to an anti-racist agenda. More are likely as the school restarts and we move into spring. Some may feel that the enlightened course is to simply satisfy these demands out of a commitment to America’s ongoing racial reckoning. However, just as many will see a mismatch between actual conditions on these campuses and the nature and tone of the manifestos, as well as the protest actions usually accompanying them. Administrations must decide where racial...…A killing last spring, protests have flowered on many campuses, and so have manifestos demanding that the schools fully commit themselves to an anti-racist agenda. More are likely as the school restarts and we move into spring. Some may feel that the enlightened course is to simply satisfy these demands out of a commitment to America’s ongoing racial reckoning. However, just as many will see a mismatch between actual conditions on these campuses and the nature and tone of the manifestos, as well as the protest actions usually accompanying them. Administrations must decide where racial...WW…

that I had not gotten around to actually reading Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility until recently. But it was time to jump in. DiAngelo is an education professor and—most prominently today—a diversity consultant who argues that whites in America must face the racist bias implanted in them by a racist society. Their resistance to acknowledging this, she maintains, constitutes a “white fragility” that they must overcome in order for meaningful progress on both interpersonal and societal racism to happen.White Fragility was published in 2018 but jumped to the top of the New York Times...…that I had not gotten around to actually reading Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility until recently. But it was time to jump in. DiAngelo is an education professor and—most prominently today—a diversity consultant who argues that whites in America must face the racist bias implanted in them by a racist society. Their resistance to acknowledging this, she maintains, constitutes a “white fragility” that they must overcome in order for meaningful progress on both interpersonal and societal racism to happen.White Fragility was published in 2018 but jumped to the top of the New York Times...WW…

"washing the feet of the organizers and asking for forgiveness."Cary, NC— Jason Fuhrmann (@JasonFuhrmann3)Woke white liberals get yelled at by Black Lives Matter for being too woke and engaging in self-flagellation.— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray)…"washing the feet of the organizers and asking for forgiveness."Cary, NC— Jason Fuhrmann (@JasonFuhrmann3)Woke white liberals get yelled at by Black Lives Matter for being too woke and engaging in self-flagellation.— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray)WW…