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The Glenn Show

John McWhorter – From Equity to Equality

The Glenn Show

Glenn Loury

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

0:00 John’s recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher

7:23 The rigors of the lecture circuit

10:29 The difference between equity and equality

22:10 How do we know that African Americans are just as smart as everyone else?

30:59 The new black bourgeoisie

38:33 Standards in the arts are relative. But how relative?

51:15 John sets the record straight on his dancing skills

Recorded March 19, 2022

Links and Readings

John’s most recent appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher

Glenn and John April 14 UATX event in New York

E. Franklin Frazier’s book, Black Bourgeoisie

Glenn and John’s conversation with pseudonymous orchestra conductor Don Baton

Don Baton’s Substack, The Podium

Glenn and John’s conversation with actor James Beaman

James Beaman’s Substack, The Cornfield

Glenn and John’s conversation with Vincent Lloyd

John’s NYT piece, “The High Art of Musical Theater”

Walter Murphy’s song, “A Fifth of Beethoven”



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is John McWater.

1:00.9

John is a club you university and you write for the New York Times.

1:04.8

Welcome, John.

1:06.2

Welcome back.

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Thank you, Glenn.

1:08.4

Good to be here.

1:10.2

Congratulations, John, on having appeared, I guess it was Friday before last as a guest

1:15.7

on Bill Amar's program, Real Time with Bill Amar, HBO, I thought you hit it out of the park, John.

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Thank you.

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I had fun up there, that's a fun show, it's right.

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