John McWhorter: The FULL Interview on Anti-racism, Victimhood, Testing, and Woke Language.

Professor John McWhorter, author of "Woke Racism," argues that condescending leftist ideology hurts black people.
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I learned a lot from this full, half-hour interview with Columbia linguist John McWhorter.
He argues that "Woke Racism" hurts black people in many ways: from treating them as incapable of logic, to calling for abolition of tests, to insisting that violent kids stay in schools.
He says that all these ideas are propped by a religion-like ideology that "requires that you sequester your brain for illogical thinking."
You can watch the video above for more.

[@souchoysaeteurn5211]

When I was attending college back in 2011, I met a black woman from Africa who came to attend that same college. She was extremely smart and charming. One time she asked me why do some of the black people here sound so rude. I didn't know what to tell her. It just goes to show that skin color isn't the problem, culture is.

[@somenygaard]

Definitely

[@sultanofswing7198]

That should have been you answer.... it is that simple..... culture.

[@whatthe419]

Exactly

[@rustymaximus9179]

African's come here and see opportunity. They don't even hang with African Americans. They don't like their culture.

[@maxtew6521]

@@firstLast-jw7bm In my opinion, the principle stands. For instance, I currently live in middle Tennessee, but am from south Alabama. Now, I LOVE Alabama, but every time I've seen what some call "white trash" -- a tweaking mother, cigarette in hand, blaring bad Top 40 hard rock, car full of kids, cursing them like the plague, and driving like a bat out of hell -- my stomach turns. Culture. It's culture. Every ethnic group has their valuable cultural traditions, and every ethnic group has their morally bankrupt cultural traditions. The problem black people in America face, according to every respectable black friend I've ever had, is their cultural traditions that are problematic have to do with weighty matters that hamstring them in massive ways, whether that be family structure, education, self-sufficiency, or violence. Every individual of every background has the responsibility to become the best version of themselves against all odds.

[@hejiranyc]

John McWhorter has such a concise, impactful, eloquent ease with speaking. He's just a joy to listen to.

[@grob25]

@@josephblowseph6123 That is how we got to where we are. "carefully crafting" our words and "watching what we say" or "how we say it" That is what gave them the power they think they have now. If a few people show real strength, more will follow.

[@kevinkerr9310]

@@josephblowseph6123 ...and being offended doesn't mean they've made a point.

[@NBGTFO]

@@josephblowseph6123 You're not helping anything or anyone with that nonsense. Screw lefties and their fake fragility and professional victimhood.

[@CraigerAce]

I agree. His manner reminds me somewhat of Thomas Sowell.

[@toby7582]

Probably helps that he's into studying language.

[@chrisruthford4492]

Why can't we get political candidates like Mr. McWhorter? What a phenomenal human being.

[@Usmanthemecano]

What smart man would ever enter politics willingly??

[@Cwgrlup]

@@Usmanthemecano good point. That’s probably why we only have bad politicians without brains.

[@jschapp77]

Yeah, he’s too smart to deal with that nonsense. He’d lose his mind. And the edit is: it’s the sociopaths that enter politics.

[@rajkoelguapo12]

Honest men don't stand a chance in politics.

[@7771croy]

Because most intelligent, well adjusted, high character human beings have absolutely no interest in running for public office.

[@bigdefense777]

John is a national treasure. Protect this man

[@DavidMccallister65]

"Pretending that it's wisdom because he wears dreadlocks and a suit at the same time." 🤣🤣🤣🤣💯 Priceless

[@that1chickinFL]

I lol'd at that line

[@Ljordan093]

Facts!

[@omahonda]

And saying: “America has Stage 4 metastatic racism” so you can sound smart.

[@ct4074]

Wasn't that suit designed by WHITE European stylists? That's cultural misappropriation...

[@joeldanker-dake9414]

John was on one in this interview.

[@shadycat7]

The difference when you hear an educated man talk about these issues, compared to hearing the media push a narrative is what everyone really needs to hear. Please share this everywhere.

[@rcyalater...2305]

Without a doubt. Though I may change educated to informed. Since education is now teaching this nonsense

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

@@rcyalater...2305 It really depends what they're educated in. I think talking about this topic saying "an educated man" implies that he is informed on it, since that is the topic at hand. The guy in the video is a professor of Linguistics at Columbia university so he is definitely both informed and educated. I'd also add that as someone who is currently studying as an under grad that of all the people I've met at university I've only met one who I'd describe as "woke". Maybe it's a bigger problem in the USA than in the UK (where I am) but it's a very small minority of students who believe this stuff. You just hear about them because they're nuts. You don't hear about the 99.99% of students who aren't like this because "normal student doesn't storm out of class over perceived racism" isn't a very interesting headline. In my opinion the real issue is low tier universities letting any clown in as long as they have the money and allowing them to study whatever they can find someone to teach them. We need higher standards for both our students and our courses. Someone who studies gender is a lot more likely to be woke than someone who studies mathematics because those topics are 100x more likely to come up in gender studies class. They're actively seeking them out. Those students are also going to have a lot more free time when they graduate to spread their BS too on account of them being unable to find a job and all, unlike normal people who study accounting or what have you.

[@snackentity5709]

@@vrclckd-zz3pv It's definitely a bigger problem in the U.S. / Canada. The w0ke ldeology has infiltrated the administration of most top universities by both transmission of the ideas, and by implicit/explicit threats of reputation and career destruction. Because it has gotten to the top of higher ed institutions, it has had the ability to force its policies and beliefs onto the 95% (or whatever) of professors/students who don't really buy into it, but are too scared to say anything publicly. Luckily, it seems like we are nearing a turning point where speaking about the absurdities of this stuff is becoming easier. Once it flips, it will be a full blown "the emperor has no clothes on" type thing.

[@kennethlauer4735]

@@vrclckd-zz3pv a

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

@@kennethlauer4735 huh?

[@bencheng2864]

“Racism do exist in America. However, is it an obstacle or an inconvenience?” John McWhorter This is the first time I heard John McWhorter speak. He is a brilliant intellect! Not only he is well spoken, his view on racism is spot on! 👍

[@goodtalker]

Excellent discussion. I taught adult education in a California state prison for over 25 years. Beginning in 1992, I found that about 95 percent of my students were either black or Hispanic. None ever identified as a victim. In fact, the idea that somewhere, somehow, some "system" or pesky white person was responsible for their incarceration would have been laughable. Unfortunately, by 2017, the mentality of my students had changed--and so did their study habits. It had become fashionable to find blame everywhere outside of themselves. Graduation rates plummeted as improving oneself became thought of as beneath their dignity. Thanks for reading.

[@denisek292]

It’s the “divide and conquer” mentality driving this madness. Shame on the “intellectuals” who started this train wreck.

[@popolazycat4154]

Wow. Real most comment in here!

[@nichiyes26]

Did some system not lock them up? Was this some sort of voluntary prison?

[@thementzable]

Wow! That's sad. It just shows you the level of damage this new religion is responsible for. Ibrahim x Kendi, along with Kimberly Crenshaw and all the others, will go down in history as the most evil and destructive Individuals of our lifetimes. Black americans need to wake up. They've been played.

[@thementzable]

Side note: While they are waking up, could they please quit committing so many god**** crimes? And could some black leaders start calling out the behavior and condemning it?

[@MCOult]

I think John McWhorter could talk for an hour about roofing tiles or jar lids and make it factual and interesting. The man is an exceptional speaker. I'm ordering his book today.

[@glennrishton5679]

While you are ordering his latest book I recommend an older book "Doing Our Own Thing" which is an interesting study of how our language has evolved. Sounds boring I'm sure but was quite interesting and understandable....even for me.

[@skidelrymar]

i do recommend you "the story of human language" by him. the audible version (that i'm listening for the 2nd time) is created in the form of lectures recorded by him

[@dingusfartacus9624]

And ofcourse, it is his integrity that makes it that much better

[@Rich32262]

I agree and thanks for the laugh. Him, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Carol Swain, Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington... All amazing.

[@tonysamosa1717]

Ummm sweetheart that’s actually a micro aggression to say that a person of color speaks well 💅 /s

[@ChristopherRyans]

John Stossel is an American hero and legend!

[@TheFreedomGypsy]

He's the best.

[@santhony74]

I totally agree but isn't it weird that just a few years ago we would just call him a journalist and now just by virtue of his unbiased reporting we lift him up as a hero. Case and point on how corrupt major media outlets have become.

[@deuswulf6193]

That's a bit... exaggerated.

[@zekelucente9702]

Stossel has integrity and recognized the biases in media and went his own way and continues to bring us great information.

[@channingtaintum]

He's no Audie Murphy, but he's out here fighting different battles.

[@mrright2808]

What a pleasure it was to listen to this man, thank you for bringing him to us.

[@Isabella66Gracen]

I have mad respect for this guy. Thanks for the interview.

[@dianeschebetta1656]

I am offended of the phrase birthing people. I am a proud mother of four adults. Women should be appalled of this nonsense. Great video.

[@pjsneeringer5942]

Mrs Schebetta, I PRAY this nonsense will cease SOON,BC its ridiculously stupid

[@ray7707]

And we “non-birthing parent” types aren’t accepting that label. I am my son’s Pop!

[@JohnSmith-hs1hn]

You are triggered and want political correctness.

[@bludeuce3855]

and im fed up with anti-white racism and think whoever discirminates whites, men and straight people should be rounded up and publicly executed without any full and fair trial

[@eristicfreethinker2098]

Women are the largest group voting to support these terms and policies. Get your house in order. 🤣

[@JoeBidensDiaper]

As a cripple, it's super insulting when people try to adjust what they are talking about as if I'm a child that is going to start crying if they say something like "walk".

[@anonony9081]

Bigotry of low expectations. They automatically assume that you can't handle discussing certain things because you have a disability. They think it means they are caring but it really is just taking stereotypes to the extreme

[@quinnmoore5985]

Just be like "arm wrestle me bitch"

[@quickstart-M51]

Why are you insulted? You shouldn’t even notice such things unless you have a victim mindset.

[@lodrbyroni]

@@quickstart-M51 So your answer to someone being insulted from someone else claiming them to be a victim means they are a victim? That is the dumbest mindset I have ever heard, you may need to rethink that.

[@lukeherdaii9528]

@@lodrbyroni I think they said acting like a victim.

[@PricelessBinkey1337]

I like how he asks questions that is pointed to the person's views but he does it in a nondiscriminatory way and allows the person to rift on that question for a while. Really great interview skills, well done

[@JeffTY77450]

Wow, I’m 63 and for most of my life I’ve usually been the most articulate, well spoken person “in the room.” But John McWhorter just “schooled” me-in a good way. “What I wouldn’t give” for everyone in America to watch this, and put aside their biases and strive for objectivity.

[@smoothALOE]

Now that’s what I call a cunning linguist. I usually don’t watch the whole interviews, but this one was so good, I couldn’t stop.

[@LHJC10]

Haha sneaky

[@Drako9823]

lol cunning linguist

[@madscientist5969]

Indeed!

[@jiujitsustudent604]

This comment wins, and that’s not lip service.

[@smoothALOE]

@Bamboo Shoot haha! Are you sure it wasn’t Mike LeToris?

[@kaybmagic12]

Great interview. I love how eloquently John shares his ideas.

[@gardengate1339]

I agree. I have difficulty expressing the same thoughts and opinions.

[@Muonium1]

DID YOU JUST USE THE E WORD REFERRING TO AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN?!?!??? RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

[@TheAnimeist]

It's good to hear intellectual honesty in an interview.

[@rolandwoltman7835]

@@SquadJuiced Yes. 😉

[@rolandwoltman7835]

McWhorter got me with perfidy... Had to look that one up... And that's no perfidy. 🤣

[@scottschipper1281]

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! This guy blew me away , so smart, well spoken and so versed on the topics! I wish I could speak so eloquently! Worth my time for sure.Thank you.

[@lesliepage3886]

He’s a linguistics professor. 😊

[@nandrumacparlan4086]

John McWhorter is a treasure. It's a joy to listen to his intellectual rigor and integrity, and his wonderful sense of humor. I listen to him whenever I have the opportunity and I thank you for posting this full interview! His conversations with Glenn Lowry are not to be missed!

[@cdraferrara]

I'm first generation born here, raised on the West side of Chicago. Ability to pass school exams in my school was directly proportioned to the way the child was raised. My friend I thought was smarter than me, but, he was raised with a single parent and had a lot of freedom. My parents made me stay home a finish my homework before I could go out. I also had to be in bed by 9:00PM My friend overdosed on drug at age 17 and I went on to be successful in architecture. Mr McWhorter, in my experience I have seen that the teacher may have the ability to teach, but , if the child is not prepared to learn there is failure. It is necessary to teach the parents or parent how to prepare their child to learn. Wouldn't it wonderful if once a month there was a class in school for parents I. E. "parent preparedness"

[@JOHN----DOE]

A school superintendant in Rochester, NY was fired a few years ago because he made the unpardonable observation to the school board that you couldn't teach the 40% of kids who never showed up. Victims? Only of their non-parents.

[@johnvahl762]

I agree completely, and I am a single father. I tried to make sure my boys got to bed by 9 and were eating well. The problem I had was making sure that they finished their homework. Nannies and daycare don't push hard enough, and I was too tired to fight after work. Kids lie about being finished with homework and elementary schools are downplaying the importance of homework. Now my boys have graduated high school. They are adults and struggling to find work because they are not used to working that hard to get a job.

[@shelley9280]

Why are we changing the test. Should we not change the way we teach? Early education and focusing on good building blocks. I am not a fan of standardized test. Not that I think they are racist but I feel like teachers have to “teach the test” and are so focused on the outcome of the test they miss out on teaching useful things that are not on said test.

[@mrspleasants8529]

I was that other kid and did not get my act together until I was in my mid-20's and I attribute it to my single absent parent household. I hold not malice towards my parents; I love them very much, however they were always working and we were poor so I was a latch-key kid with few parameters. I did figure it out since I started with a work ethic and ended up getting my GED, went to college (not that college is necessary) and started my own business(s). So it can be done, but some have to learn the hard way. I agree with John Doe that if children are not in school they can not learn. Kick them out of school. That will wake the parent up and the child too. I agree with John Vahl that if we don't prepare our children then they are destined to fail. But if they are not in school and not working, then they should be kicked out of the home. Harsh, but necessary. It is truly hard to starve in America. Shelley, I agree that teachers are teaching to the test, yet I don't think changing teaching styles is the issue. There have been "innovations" in teaching style since I was a kid in the 60's. Perhaps we need old fashioned teaching instead. I see two issues: teachers have lost the autonomy to be creative in their teaching because they are teaching to the test and students are not disciplined because the teachers and administrations hands are tied which encourages a poor learning environment. I don't have the answers, but once the issues are identified we can start finding solutions.

[@Comments1-vc8jg]

@@shelley9280 Do you think the real world is going to bend to your learning style? Nothing wrong with the teaching...it's the lazy students who aren't disciplined or don't face repercussions for their bad grades or behavior. Smart and motivated kids learn more from KZbin and outside the classroom than they will in the classroom. It all comes down to the individual and their parents.....enough with teacher-blaming and trying to find solutions to the obvious problem (lazy kids with no discipline or drive). Like they said in Caddyshack..."The world needs ditch diggers".

[@tomasgomez9925]

As a Hispanic immigrant, I'm doing pretty good. Race has never played a role in my life and never will. I'm not oppressed and dare to say I have achieved more than some Americans born here. Makes you wonder why... I'm so tired of Americans making every single thing about race.

[@bennichols561]

Its not just America.

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

You have achieved more somewhat because of the racism debacle most americans are afraid to say no to non white non american for fear of being called racist being doxed and losing their livelyhoods for exercizing their 1A God given rights

[@tomasgomez9925]

@@markjulianoriginalhooli2217 So I guess I graduated valedictorian from college because the teachers gave me good grades because I was Hispanic. Why did I get terminated from a job because unfortunately I didn't meet the expectations? Should have kept me just for being Hispanic, right? Why has it been hard to find a job in my field? I should have gotten it immediately just because I'm Hispanic, right? Why are Hispanics and blacks still the poorest in the nation? You would expect them to be at the top. Just for being that race they all should have jobs and be completely successful! I have been successful, but it has been rough as hell. I assure you my race didn't have to do anything from what I have been through and achieved. I know people who have been through similar situations who are different races, including white.

[@robertwilliams4682]

Thank you for your sanity, Tomas. The obsession with race is obscuring the fact that we are all human.

[@ProLevelAVG]

@@bennichols561 no its not "just"...but we are discussing America soooo....

[@beemo9]

John McWhorter is so well-spoken and sensible. And Stossel did a great job asking questions that the "other side" would ask. We need more discussions like this in society.

[@rickhoran]

Such a pleasure listening to John McWhorter discussing this complex subject. Equality, Merit and Colorblindness are worthy goals. I share his faith that America will eventually get this right.

[@aimeagle]

I hope and pray that John McWorther comes out as the "winner" of this whole debate. Sensible and critical thinking needs to make a comeback in the US. It's so easy to think like the "dim" Kendi does and just cry victim at every obstacle. As John puts it, people need to grow a backbone and be able to separate what truly is racist versus some person needing therapy at the sight of "n""""".

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Never underestimate your opponent.

[@grantduke318]

When it comes to gender: “There is a spectrum of identities.” When it comes to race: “Every idea is either racist or anti-racist.” -dumb people

[@chapter4travels]

And vis-versa.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

There is actually a little bit of truth to what they claim about gender. It's certainly not as big of a deal as what they're saying but some people are born with 3 XYY/XXX chromosomes instead of 2 (XY/XX). It has links to mosaic down syndrome interestingly. Take whatever they say with a grain of salt since most of them don't understand it properly (they aren't particularly well educated most of the time) but there is a kernel of truth to it.

[@grantduke318]

@@vrclckd-zz3pv That was certainly an over clocked comment. If what you stated is true, that’s just more of a reason for those type of people to think non-binary when it comes to race.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

@@grantduke318 yeah I can't stand those people, although I haven't met very many off of the internet. For some reason it's always white and black people too. Asians don't give a shit. We should be more like them

[@gg_rider]

@@vrclckd-zz3pv that example of a rare chromosome disorder is NOT what is meant by "non-binary". That is LYING as a cope or gaslighting by gender activists to "culturally appropriate" the real medical conditions of other people (*) to evade rational arguments. 50+ genders and non-binary means a person born with one or the other set of normal female or male chromosomes, and normal human development, who may merely display some traits or affects of language, or gait, or interests that are stereotypically attributed to the opposite sex, then some expert -- or a group of teenage peers -- tells them that means they are trans or are non-binary. Or perhaps they feel uncomfortable with normal gender stereotypes, or they feel uncomfortable with their normal gender body parts (many girls understandably feel "weird" about physical changes and "weird" or shy about attention from boys, or worse attention from grown men), and this feeling grows to the point where "dysphoria" (opposite of euphoria) could become a mental obsession. All the way to full on deeply rooted revulsion of one's birth sex and/or deeply rooted desire to change that to the opposite. That last one is trans, so non-binary is more or less political posturing on the ground of Marxist Critical Theory called Qeer Theory. (Spelled incorrectly on purpose) (*) Benjamin Boyce interviewed a woman who had XY chromosomes in the womb, but that ran parallel with the medical condition that prevented her body from utilizing any of the testosterone that It produced, so it is as if she had no testosterone to develop from a girl fetus into a boy fetus or from a girl teenager to a boy teenager. She was stuck being a girl and a woman with XY chromosomes. Extremely rare circumstance of genuine intersex biology. She grew up as a woman and married a man, and she was unable to have her own children, due to this medical condition.

[@julybug9795]

As a Libertarian, I’m so enjoying these John Stossel videos!

[@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9531]

What does being a Libertarian have to do with you enjoying the video?

[@wt460]

@@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9531The difference? The librarian reads and thinks, as opposed to you!

[@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9531]

What? Lol

[@jermiahduddleston4695]

@wt460 reread "librarian ". Maybe, perhaps you should apologize @eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9531.

[@joedizzelfoerizle]

Why have I never seen or heard of this guy? An absolute breath of fresh air. Sir, thank you! 💪😎🇺🇸

[@beemo9]

John McWhorter is always refreshing to listen to. So down to earth.

[@orihoola]

@@beemo9 His books on linguistics are also great

[@zyzzer]

Check out his podcasts with Glenn Loury - lots of great conversation like this!

[@davidwinokur2131]

Speech is violence! Silence is violence! But smashing windows, looting, burning down the neighborhood, pelting cops with cans of soup and frozen water bottles - THAT'S PEACEFUL!

[@LunarLocust]

MOSTLY peaceful

[@tomwright9904]

I wouldn't say speech is violence... it certainly can be intended to harm...

[@davidwinokur2131]

@@tomwright9904 Come on, man! If the woke leftist horror says it's violence - it's violence!

[@barbaraloving1225]

I disagree on one point: words are not violent - calling a trans-person by their biological gender is not Violent - it may be offensive, but it is not violent. Actions are violent, words are not.

[@KP-hi1om]

I agree with you.

[@central3425]

Very happy to have these full interviews. Great discussion. Stossel did a great job of interviewing

[@thunderballz74]

He actually stayed silent and let him speak.. that was great. 😊

[@PrometheanRising]

How to give a great interview. Step 1: Ask a question, then shut your mouth so long as the answer is either on track, or of significant interest.

[@helenmalinowski4482]

Thanks for bringing John McWhorter back to KZbin. He's one of my favourite thinkers.

[@wsantschi7362]

He, along with Glenn Loury, Thomas Sowell and Jordan Peterson are my intellectual heroes.

[@lesliepage3886]

Good picks

[@mcintma2]

Yup. Check out Douglas Murray as well

[@MrShineo]

sam harris

[@boomgoesdynamite4177]

@@MrShineo he's woke

[@siegethompson3194]

@@MrShineo sam Harris has the worst case of tds this world has ever seen

[@keithsj10]

"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs-partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." - Booker T. Washington, 1911

[@JOHN----DOE]

And pretty much every sub-standard black academic, journalist, and politician since.

[@Cjnw]

Unsettling

[@JohnSmith-lv8xk]

I don't think I have listened to a more brilliant person in all my life !!!

[@evanvarns4785]

As brilliant and articulate as John McWhorter surely is, you haven't heard anything yet. Do yourself a favor and listen to Thomas Sowell and the late Walter Williams (not the pastor, but the economics professor at George Mason University). Prepare to have your mind blown.

[@karybakk]

This interview is fantastic. John Stossel has a great style of asking the hard questions and the challenging topics. His guests are a breath of fresh air, eloquent, articulate and always leaving me thinking about these topics in different ways. Fantastic guest, and great journalism.

[@mac7943]

John McWorther is very interesting! Nice to listen to a professor with common sense. Great interview!

[@danmannz]

15 minutes into it and this guy has fully opened up my mind!

[@lesliepage3886]

Go look for his discussions with Glenn Lowry

[@562mjohnson]

I'm assuming you were already red pilled or are you saying that you just figured out everything you were taught was a lie?

[@jimmylim5015]

The guest speaker is a breath of fresh air-we need more of him from the black community

[@mrspleasants8529]

We just need more.

[@teriwalter7859]

Thank both of you for doing this interview! I didn't now him before, but think I'm in love. He's bright, thoughtful, articulate and has useful and helpful things to say about an important issue.

[@waycockorl]

I love when people can use their brain and help society, as opposed to try and repress all.

[@rjdelaney874]

Great conversation. Very refreshing to hear someone call out "victims" for exaggerating how "hurt" they are by another's action. I have a tough time watching and reading news over the past few years because the victimhood mentality is so frustrating. I came from nothing. Started working in 7th grade with my paper route, and worked my way up. I built a great work ethic, educated myself, and give everything I have and have become successful in my work and personal lives. I could've cried victim at so many obstacles I had to overcome. But I didn't. It doesn't help. I took ownership of my life's journey. This is why it's so frustrating to see people whose #1 skill is victimhood. They will never be happy because they are sabotaging their own lives by denying themselves opportunities to overcome obstacles. Instead, they cry.

[@seanmartens8740]

Wow. I really like John. He delivers his ideas so well with beautiful language backed by a soft humor.

[@misotahini52]

The top-tier shade a highly qualified linguist can throw is really something else.

[@w1cked001]

I don’t know many, but Steven Pinker is no slouch on that matter either!

[@chromaticnomadic]

Damn this guy is great with his word choices.

[@JohnDoe-xf2ke]

He's good, unfortunately he also kind of twists the truth. For example, when John acknowledges that a Black student is actually more likely to disrupt classrooms -- He argues that this is not affecting White students, because his implication is that Black students only interact with other Black students. That's not true, however, Black students frequently do interact with students, and they are actually demonstrably more likely to commit violence against White & Asian students.

[@KP-hi1om]

I know. Right?

[@jedsparks7324]

John is one of our top minds, a national treasure!! !

[@robjob9052]

this guy's a very welcome breath of logic and reason. Thank you.

[@johncarlson237]

I love your show and your guest John . I hope and pray more people tune in and LISTEN.

[@pizaliasta8369]

John Stewart would never have the courage to have John Stossel or John McWhorter on his “show.” Stossel and McWhorter are both incredibly sensible and admirable people.

[@Mike-ff7ib]

Great interview. Excellent analysis of problems we face today.

[@Gigi_369]

And here we are a year later and the shift is happening, he’s right on! 👏👏👏

[@dig1035]

Fascinating interview J! JM is an orator! His thought process is amazing! I had to watch 2x!

[@1mikelima]

This is the BEST ever nonbias explanations of todays woke Racism I ever heard. Thank you. Definitely sharing it..🥰

[@JohnDoe-xf2ke]

Unfortunately John does not discuss at any level the extensive systemic anti--White bigotry that is prevalent across all levels of education and employment in the West today. It's fair, because McWhorter is speaking as a Black man giving a Black man's perspective, however, it would be nice if Stossel had a perspective discussing the anti--White bigotry.

[@ray7707]

Then Stossel would do well to interview Douglas Murray, if he hasn’t already or recently.

[@JohnSmith-hs1hn]

@@JohnDoe-xf2ke There's no such thing.

[@JohnDoe-xf2ke]

@@ray7707 Jared Taylor would be a better figure. Douglas Murray is a nonce.

[@jr1648]

@@JohnSmith-hs1hn "Diversity" quotas are literally systemic bias against whites. There are countless examples of anti-white bias in todays culture.

[@JKadison]

To be this spot on is almost frightening, and what a brilliant man John McWhorter is. My hope would be that this interview would be required learning in every classroom, in every school throughout our education system.

[@sausagesupreme7633]

It's funny how much speaking common sense, makes a person seem so extraordinarily intelligent, right? Not to say he's not extraordinarily intelligent, just how much space the leftist establishment nonsense is occupying our minds these days. :-P

[@Sublime_37]

Thank God for John McWhorter. Bc he’s a breath of fresh air and common sense for today’s academia.

[@JenniferCocker]

This dose of beautifully worded common sense feels like a giant glass of ice water after a jog across the desert

[@roland5599]

this guy is right on the money and he is exactly right when he says fear and intimidation is injected to remove honesty from the conversation. Eventually most people figure out what is really going on except for the really dumb people or the ones that are highly intimidated.

[@kenhoyer8601]

Eventually, all this ridiculous phrasing and cancel culture nonsense will come to a head and pop like a zit.

[@happylibrarian3038]

Teach the basic skills until the students learn the basic skills.

[@johnguilfoyle3073]

You gotta appreciate a guy who can poignantly work defenestration into an important conversation. McWhorter is describing Mr. Rogers, who has since dropped his family name and started calling himself Ibram X Kendi, in a certain way as to mirror what was said over a hundred years ago by Booker T. Washington, “There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”― Booker T. Washington “There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs - partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.” ― Booker T. Washington

[@JOHN----DOE]

True, but work "poignantly" out of yours. "Deftly" is the accurate term.

[@skipdippity]

Could listen to this guy for hours. Heard linguist and thought ok makes total sense. Plus he’s full of knowledge and is smart..! Great guest. Have to get his book….

[@TheSMEAC]

Thanks for putting this interview up. McWhorter is one of the most thoughtful and deliberate voices in these discussions. I really wish he got more exposure, but then too I know he’s already having a greater impact than the enemy would even begin to admit. I’d like to see him in a vocal cabinet position one day too, but I know that’s just more because of a political desire than ideological. He can only influence academia so much when the solution is to completely defund the ‘social science’ programs across the entire west 👍

[@that1chickinFL]

"Professional charismatic fatalism..." Man, I love McWhorter

[@paulyboy1951]

I have worked with Black men and women my whole career. There are as many lazy white workers as Black. There were never any race issues that I saw when we all worked hard together. However, when company's had to fill a race quota, I saw some minorities that should never have been hired. The strange thing is they used the race card all the time. They were untouchable and knew it. They were the racist, not me. I enjoyed working with hardworking Blacks. I was proud that they broke the barrier and showed whites they were one of us.

[@kelleymcbride4633]

Genuine conversation is so very refreshing these days

[@johonybrawo7434]

God bless you both, hope soon enought we will all see it clear and we will reject this racial madness. Send my love from Poland!

[@TheFirstBubbaBong]

It's really nice to hear such a common sense type discussion. Thank you John for adding some common sense to such a simple topic that has been twisted around so bad for political gains. Some call it a globalist agenda type thing.

[@Calico5string1962]

"Kendi is dim..." What a great term to describe someone's take on a subject, without outright calling it wrong, and them stupid and/or ignorant of the actual facts. Excellent interview! Thank you John Stossel.

[@JohnDoe-xf2ke]

If you've ever heard Kendi speak, it's clear that calling him "dim" is a very generous compliment.

[@JohnSmith-hs1hn]

Kendi is right about the reality of racism, even if you disagree with his solutions.

[@jiujitsustudent604]

@@JohnSmith-hs1hn No, he’s not. He’s rarely right about anything.

[@user-ol3wf4bw2x]

McWhorter's brilliance and wisdom has certainly been borne out by the passage of time, as he suspected. As a teacher who was forced to follow the "religion" of the anti-racist scare, when Kendi's book became required reading for our 9th graders (in a simplified version for teens), I am now relieved that the wizard has been exposed, the curtain drawn back, and reason is replacing white paranoia. Kendi's binary racist/anti-racist labeling was not only "dim," but, perhaps also fraudulent, as inquiries are currently taking place as to where the $45+million collected by his Center for Antiracist Research have gone. Bless your voice of reason, John McWhorter.

[@petMonster28]

I could listen to John McWhorter talk for hours. Super insightful and speaks with an extremely comforting tone.

[@wompa70]

This was a great interview. McWhorter is very nuanced in his approach. That is badly missing today. I'd love to see an interview with Eric July. John and Eric could talk about so many things.

[@andy347]

Great interview with a really intelligent, well-spoken man. John McWhorter for president!

[@harrypalmer3481]

It's a much needed breath of fresh air to hear (genuinely compassionate) well considered, rational sense expressed so clearly & respectfully. Thank you John McWhorter!

[@darwingraves372]

Great conversation. And thank you to John McWhorter for making me learn the meaning of ‘defenestration’..

[@CavalieriTom]

I will watch the whole interview, but in the first minute McWhorter already shows how illogical and religious (or Religulous, just like Bill Maher uses to say) this is. Thanks for the great content! Let's fight racism with individualism, reason, individual rights, capitalism, and not the woke racist critical theory,.

[@Rjtaylor12]

John McWhorter is a national treasure. I'd vote for him for whatever office he was running for! Yeah, I'm white and conservative.

[@williamlenihan7536]

Professor John McWhorter is such a bright, honest and educated person, a clear thinker, articulate and truly caring. His intellectual honesty and common sense observation of reality is refreshing no matter where one situates themselves in the socio-political spectrum.

[@cliff8417]

I feel like my brain grew just a little bit more after watching this interview how refreshing thank you excellent work 🙏♥️from 🇬🇧,

[@fototripper]

Brilliantly spoken by Both Johns. I have to hope that logic and reason will win out in the end.

[@terrycurfman3815]

Common sense and truth is so rare today. It’s a joy to listen to someone who can express both

[@BenjaminDavis104]

I remember viewing a presentation in college on the homelessness problem and people actually forced the presenters to stop midway and correct themselves for saying homeless people instead of “people who are homeless”.

[@rawprawn8198]

John McWhorter is such a valuable contributor to social discourse. So eloquent. So insightful. Helps me breath again.

[@anthonyraineri5190]

Yes, we can't = I will always be a victim. Great interview with Johns.

[@omarponce9412]

I like these types of videos. This way we do not just see the edited version that is swayed in one way or another.

[@SonoftheWest316]

Good interview i wish there were more intelligent people like John McWhorter in the mainstream media and people could more easily access reason.

[@marygifford2745]

Absolutely amazing interview Mr. Stossel! This guest was so educated and I wish more of the "victims" would listen to this guy.

[@cannatroll1529]

I am elated that someone is saying the quiet part out loud and exposing these charlatans for what they are.

[@user-kz2yt5ow7r]

which charlatans are you referring to?

[@cannatroll1529]

@@user-kz2yt5ow7r those that would claim to be victims for the sake of being a victim.

[@user-kz2yt5ow7r]

@@cannatroll1529 or those that victimize and claim they arent. Read a fucking book son.

[@user-kz2yt5ow7r]

@@cannatroll1529 I've never heard of that, is that a thing? What would be an example?

[@cannatroll1529]

@@user-kz2yt5ow7r maybe you should read the book by John McWhorter. If you havent ever heard of it you are sleeping or part of the problem blaming others for something they are not doing.

[@robertdepesci3418]

Ive met plenty of Nigerian doctors, pharmacists,engineers and princes. The system is not rigged against black people

[@JohnDoe-xf2ke]

Unfortunately, because of anti0White discrimination at all levels of employment, it's difficult to discern whether these were well-qualified individuals rising to positions based on their talents & abilities, or diversity-hiring decisions that endanger people due to poor ability to perform their jobs.

[@NoName-pz1bq]

@@JohnDoe-xf2ke You have trouble discerning between competent and incompetent people?

[@JohnDoe-xf2ke]

@@NoName-pz1bq Yes, when you know nothing about a person other than their name and a title.

[@brucewilliamsstudio4932]

Wow.... better late than never. This is the first time I've heard professor John McWhorter speak and I was pleasantly surprised. Sounds like someone to make you think, to make you pause and evaluate. I'd like to hear more from him.

[@jloren4647]

This is one of the most eloquent people ive ever heard. Its like reading a novel. Respect!

[@jkonior1]

Great interview! John McWhorter deserves a much wider audience.

[@niniv2706]

Just WoW ... Mr McWorther is awesome . I did not know this human being ; Why isn't he presented more ?

[@phantommaggotxxx]

You look like whole nother person with the beard. I had to look a couple times to match the voice to the person. Keep up the good work man! I'm glad you're still here!!!

[@acenine8149]

Learned a new word today: Surfeit An excess amount of I always find it amazing when people like John use such obscure words in conversation so casually.

[@avshiloh2438]

John McWhorter is, indeed, the wise one!!!

[@delas7389]

Smart man, great interview.

[@Pizzaplease477]

John McWhorter needs to be teaching in the universities because he is a genius. His points are so well made and eloquent, this will change so many minds.

[@jahnome]

“Inconvenience vs Obstacle”. What an important consideration! The problem is that the two have been strategically blended together so much so that one cannot distinguish the characteristics of either due to the suppression of individual thought and the uprise of irrational sensitivity!

[@GodEmperorSenpai]

It is not social justice they are after, its social vengence.

[@fhiggenbottom]

I agree! Yours is a spot on observation of what's going on in this country today!

[@Eltigrecubano]

The man is brilliant!!! Right up there with Thomas Sowell.

[@lesliepage3886]

He’s part of 1776 unites. Go look it up.

[@fgnsdfnbnd]

TS is in Milton Friedman's league. This guy, still in the minors.

[@alanharding2485]

This program was beautiful . Super accurate and enlightening

[@tomt.3089]

Great guest! Common sense, and a good education will help anyone who wants to help themselves! The blame game doesn’t work. Education will only take you so far. The rest is developing character. A good quote that I remember is we all came here on different boats, but we’re in the same boat now! How do we get anywhere if we can’t work together and share the land! The future of our country is at stake, we’ve made many mistakes along the way! It seems to me like anybody with integrity and hard work can get ahead, no matter what the circumstances. We have to pick and choose our mentors wisely!❤