Skip Navigation
Author

John McWhorter

John McWhorter teaches linguistics at Columbia University. He is the author of Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America.

All Articles
January 23, 2012
John McWhorter
When Does Speaking a Foreign Language Get a Candidate in Trouble?
January 16, 2012
John McWhorter
A New York Times Op-Ed That Would Have Appalled Martin Luther King
December 16, 2011
John McWhorter
Why Eric Holder’s Effort to Help Minority Voters Could Backfire
December 9, 2011
John McWhorter
Hey Newt! Poor Kids Already Are Familiar With the Virtues of Work—And It’s Because Of You
November 15, 2011
John McWhorter
Words, Mere Words: Newt Gingrich Speaks Well. But Is He Smart?
November 14, 2011
John McWhorter
The Singer, Not the Song
November 11, 2011
John McWhorter
Herman Cain Played the Race Card, But Liberals Are the Ones Who Dealt It
October 25, 2011
John McWhorter
Stop Accusing Herman Cain of Minstrelsy
October 7, 2011
John McWhorter
Why No One Is Right in California’s Affirmative Action Debate
October 1, 2011
John McWhorter
When Politicians Misspeak, Should We Care?
September 15, 2011
John McWhorter
Driving While Dreadlocked: Why Police Are So Bad At Racial Profiling
August 18, 2011
John McWhorter
The End of Anger: A Reponse (Part 2)
August 17, 2011
John McWhorter
‘The Help’ Isn’t Racist. Its Critics Are.
August 15, 2011
John McWhorter
Dreaming and Not Believing
August 3, 2011
John McWhorter
McWhorter: ‘Tar Baby’ Isn’t Actually a Racist Slur
July 28, 2011
John McWhorter
What Can Be Done About the Incomprehensibility of Shakespeare?
July 13, 2011
John McWhorter
Were There Really Fewer Two-Parent Black Families During Slavery Than There Are Today?
July 13, 2011
John McWhorter
A Semi-Defense of the Infamous Slavery Passage in the ‘Marriage Vow’ Pledge
June 16, 2011
John McWhorter
Palin’s Emails: What Her Remarkably Lucid Prose Says About the Art of Teaching Writing
June 14, 2011
John McWhorter
Tracy Morgan: The Latest Example in a Troubling Homophobic Trend

Our Writers

Kate AronoffClimate & Energy
Matt FordLaw & The Courts
Melissa Gira GrantLGBTQ Rights
Jason LinkinsPower & Plutocracy
Timothy NoahPolitics & Economy
Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingBreaking News
Edith OlmstedBreaking News
Hafiz RashidBreaking News
Greg SargentPolitics & Democracy
Grace SegersCongress & Elections
Alex ShephardPolitics & Media
Heather Souvaine HornClimate Change
Michael TomaskyPolitics & Ideas
About The New Republic’s history