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John McWhorter

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Toward a Usable Black History

It will help black Americans to recall that they have a history that transcends victimization and exclusion.

by John McWhorter via City Journal on December 23, 2015

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Doing the Work

The Protestant ethic and the spirit of wokeness.

by Ian Buruma via Harper's on June 20, 2023

Opened standardized test booklet with pencil on top.

Can Standardized Testing Escape Its Racist Past?

High-stakes testing has struggled with overt and implicit biases. Should it still have a place in modern education?

by Deborah Blum via UnDark on December 14, 2022

Nicki Minaj and the autobiography of Malcolm X written by Alex Haley.

It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop

We cannot understand the last fifty years of U.S. history—certainly not the first thing about Black history—without studying the emergence and evolution of rap.

by Austin McCoy via The Baffler on January 9, 2024

A Lost Operatic Masterpiece Written By White Men For An All-Black Cast Was Found And Restored

Can it be produced without controversy?

by Fredric Dannen via Billboard on March 27, 2023

Two people speaking together across a border.

The Competing Visions of English and Esperanto

How English and Esperanto offer competing visions of a universal language.

by Stephanie Tam via The Believer on April 1, 2021

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