John McWhorter – Is DEI on Its Way Out?

PREORDER Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: https://wwnorton.com/books/97803938813490:00 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, 2024Links and ReadingsJohn’s NYT piece, “We Need a New Word for ‘Plagiarism’”Elon Musk’s DEI airline post on XNeri Oxman’s CVAdolph 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 XRecording of Amy Wax’s FIRE webinarGlenn’s December 2021 episode with Amy WaxGlenn’s August 2022 episode with Amy WaxCharles Murray’s book, Human Diversity: The Biology of Race, Gender, and ClassGlenn’s conversation with Charles Murray This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe