John McWhorter – Is DEI on Its Way Out?

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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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