John McWhorter – Is DEI on Its Way Out?

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349 0:00 John: Claudine Gay needed to resign, but her plagiarism wasn’t a mortal sin 6:50 Has DEI taken a hit after the Gay controversy? 13:50 When “DEI” really means “racial preferences” 22:12 The case of Neri Oxman 23:52 John: Bill Ackman looks “absurd” 26:47 Three cheers for John’s dinosaurs 28:22 Is Glenn really a “black conservative”? 31:11 The three dimensions of black conservatism 37:50 Black elites and immigration 42:35 Ibram X. Kendi undeterred 44:48 Roland Fryer is still standing 46:48 Is Amy Wax getting railroaded by Penn? Recorded January 27, 2024 Links and Readings John’s NYT piece, “We Need a New Word for ‘Plagiarism’” Elon Musk’s DEI airline post on X Neri Oxman’s CV Adolph Reed’s essay, “‘What Are the Drums Saying, Booker?’: The Curious Role of the Black Public Intellectual” (originally published in the Village Voice, April 11, 1995) Wilfred Reilly’s comparative IQ post on X Recording of Amy Wax’s FIRE webinar Glenn’s December 2021 episode with Amy Wax Glenn’s August 2022 episode with Amy Wax Charles Murray’s book, Human Diversity: The Biology of Race, Gender, and Class Glenn’s conversation with Charles Murray

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