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John McWhorter

About that “Negro dialect”…

Arts, Culture & Media

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in political hot water this week for past remarks he made about President Obama’s race. According to the new book Game Change, Reid encouraged Obama’s run for the White House, in part, because he was “light-skinned” and had “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.’ Long […]

How Shakespeare Came Alive for Me — and Stays Alive Today

Arts, Culture & Media

How Shakespeare Came Alive for Me — and Stays Alive Today

Arts, Culture & Media

Gracie Award-winner ‘Sounding Black’

Arts, Culture & Media

Are Blue Collar Jobs the Answer to the Shrinking Black Middle Class?

Conflict & Justice
The World

Should we use !@#$ curse words more?

Arts, Culture & Media

These days, we’re hearing profanity from the mouth of an 11-year-old girl in a box office hit and from the Vice President of the United States. Is cursing becoming more acceptable? Would it be less offensive if we all cussed more?

The World

Rebooting the NAACP for the 21st Century

Arts, Culture & Media

The NAACP has wrapped up its Centennial Convention, and The Takeaway is joined by John McWhorter, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, to look at the relevance of the 100-year old institution and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.