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John McWhorter is on CSPAN now on Booknotes
CSPAN ^ | March 2. 2003 | CSPAN

Posted on 03/02/2003 5:12:32 PM PST by Torie

The guy seems worth listening to.


TOPICS: Announcements; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: blackrepublican; booknotes; johnmcwhorter; losingtherace; mcwhorter

1 posted on 03/02/2003 5:12:32 PM PST by Torie
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To: Torie
His book is "Authentically Black."
2 posted on 03/02/2003 5:14:48 PM PST by Torie
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To: Torie
He's totally worth listening to. He's been classified at "neo-conservative" and has written LOSING THE RACE, about how blacks need to move on from blaming whites and believing that racism is responsible for anything and everything that's wrong in their lives.
3 posted on 03/02/2003 5:20:11 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (Let them eat cake.)
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To: rdb3; Khepera; elwoodp; MAKnight; condolinda; mafree; Trueblackman; FRlurker; Teacher317; ...
Linguist John McWhorter is also the author of "Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America"

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4 posted on 03/02/2003 5:26:03 PM PST by mhking (And the kick is off....a long booming kick into the endzone; first and ten, Iraqis on their 20...)
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To: Torie
He's very much worth listening to.

God, he's insufferable though.

5 posted on 03/02/2003 5:34:51 PM PST by billorites
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To: Torie
Thanks for 'heads up'. . .am enjoying listening to him. . .

Have seen him before; but not 'up close'; in-depth. . .

. . .interesting experiences and how they shaped his thinking. . .

6 posted on 03/02/2003 5:41:21 PM PST by cricket
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To: billorites
"Al Sharton is an inveterate liar." Oooh. The guy is very class conscious and close to seeming snobbish, but he's worth it.
7 posted on 03/02/2003 5:42:11 PM PST by Torie
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To: cricket
Jackson: he is all about money. LOL.
8 posted on 03/02/2003 5:43:08 PM PST by Torie
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To: Torie
"The guy is very class conscious and close to seeming snobbish"

Yes, that's what rubs me the wrong way.

I wouldn't want to room with him.

That being said, I'm the last person who should be finding fault with personality foibles...

9 posted on 03/02/2003 5:47:23 PM PST by billorites
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To: Torie
did you get the impression he didnt care much for ol'Al?..*L*..and personally I didnt mind his demeanor at all...He acted no different than a lot of intelligent "white" guests I've seen on that show....To me..the message is the key
10 posted on 03/02/2003 6:14:03 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: Torie
McWhorter was really brilliant.
11 posted on 03/02/2003 6:15:30 PM PST by beckett
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To: billorites
Insufferable? Maybe, but only in the way that brilliant people are often insufferable. I identify a ravenous hunger for truth in him, and no disposition to suffer fools lightly, qualities that in my view overshadow whatever insufferable, pompous sheen may lightly coat his personality.
12 posted on 03/02/2003 6:22:13 PM PST by beckett
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To: Torie
I just got through watching the program. He doesn't mince words when talking about jj and Fat Al Sharpton.
13 posted on 03/02/2003 6:23:50 PM PST by leadpenny
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To: Torie
His book is "Authentically Black."

If you missed him, as I basically did, we can see him on the rerun on Booknotes tonight at 10:58 PM Eastern Time... again that's C-SPAN .. John McWhorter , University of California, Berkeley

I see the schedule states that he wrote Essays for the Black SILENT MAJORITY. That should tell you a lot regarding his thinking. Essays for the Black Silent Majority

14 posted on 03/02/2003 6:28:41 PM PST by Gracey
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Then at 12:55 EST, the Patriot Rally (Our DC Freepers)in DC will be rerun on C-SPAN.
15 posted on 03/02/2003 6:30:20 PM PST by Gracey
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To: Gracey
bttt
16 posted on 03/02/2003 7:06:43 PM PST by Unknown Freeper (Remember: when the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.)
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To: Unknown Freeper
It's on now.
17 posted on 03/02/2003 8:08:41 PM PST by Unknown Freeper (Remember: when the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.)
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To: billorites
He's. no more insufferable than any other "typical" academic. It's not a matter of color in this case.
18 posted on 03/02/2003 8:43:04 PM PST by DensaMensa (He who controls the definitions controls history.)
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To: DensaMensa
It's always nice to hear someone who's genuinely brilliant.

By the way I found it very interesting that he says his mother was very much into the culture of victimhood and tried hard to indoctrinate him from a very young age.

It partially confirms what I have felt for a long time, that indoctrination and upbriging only works to a certain extent, that really it's our personalities that have at least as large on impact on our political leanings.
19 posted on 03/02/2003 9:03:40 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: Torie
I saw him a year or so ago on CSPAN and recently on O'Reilly. He seems like a very smart guy.
20 posted on 03/02/2003 10:15:11 PM PST by beaversmom
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