That is what I like about him too. He appears to be genuine and honest which is a rare quality these days.

100%

If John actually met Tony Timpa's mama and she said nobody cared about what happened to her son, John knows the reason why is that the police lied to her about what happened to her son and the bodycam videotape did not come out until 2 years later. So, the police were never held accountable. So, it is not that nobody cared, it's that the White cops did exactly what they did in the George Floyd case; namely, they lied to the public, but in Mr Floyd's case, a little girl took out her cellphone and recorded what actually happened and when her video went viral, it contradicted what the police said; namely, that a perp had a medical emergency while being arrested. Stop it, John, you are being disingenuous. QED

McWhorter is on an ego trip; this man has a PhD in linguistics and yet I don't see any understanding of semantics, pragmatics, or implicature in any of his arguments. His visit to Real Time just furthered his notion of the ego trip he's on cause he got his ego blown up further by Bill Maher.

@@leronharrison1110, stop goshing, there is money to be made and conservatives pay a premium to Blacks willing to spout the there-is-no-racism point of view. Besides, If someone with no education or credentials at all, like Candace Owens, can cash in, why not John and Glenn? Make money . . . I'm not mad. QED

@@chachalongo4255 Where did McWhorter say there is no racism?

Oh, I see what you are refering to. John and Glenn are not stupid, so they nuance what they say about racism; and in the case of police killings of unarmed perps, they say there is no "systemic" racism and justify that positon because more unarmed White perps are actually murdered than Blacks.

Because they hate what he has to say!

The silent majority of Black people feel as Dr. McWhorter does, but we are afraid to speak out against this debilitating anti-racism movement. It's like everyone has been brainwashed to go aling with this madness.

Wasn't that a stop on the train in the Twilight Zone..... Willoughby .... Willoughby Next stop ..Willoughby

Hi Saiko, this is a clip from a longer conversation about John McWhorter's book "Nine Nasty Words" that occured on our Facebook page (facebook.com/willoughbyeastlakepubliclibrary), where we regularly talk with authors about new books.

@@willoughby-eastlakelibrary6850 Thanks for responding. If you don't mind, I'd like to speak with you offline. My email is: saikowoods@yahoo.com

@@thebcvbookchapterversepodc7886 Just a heads up, it’s Glenn Loury, not Greg.

@@therainman7777 Thank you. *FIXED*

That's so funny. i just finished Down Here in the Warmth. i agree. It's about race, without actually being about race - somehow.

joke? lol

@@Google_Censored_Commenter the joke is McWhorter's perceived credibility on black people's affairs.

@@stanlearner5102 Why wouldn't he be credible? What did he say here that isn't true?

@@Google_Censored_Commenter there are a myriad of ways I could answer this. I will respond with a request. Name a prominent Jewish scholar who argues that Jewish complaint about antisemitism is a. victimhood pathology, playing the race card, or worse than anti semitism itself. You didnt see liberal white men calling the tea party (or others claiming "we are losing the country!") whiners. the role McWhorter is playing dates back to slavery and is well depicted by Samuel L Jackson in Django. with all due respect. the implications of mcwhorters message means that assuming you are white, your complaint about your ill prepared steak will be well received while I will be perceived as a whining trouble maker for making the same protest. I call it racism with a black face, to be kind.

@@stanlearner5102 lol.

If John actually met Tony Timpa's mama and she said nobody cared about what happened to her son, John knows the reason why is that the police lied to her about what happened to her son and the bodycam videotape did not come out until 2 years later. So, the police were never held accountable. So, it is not that nobody cared, it's that the White cops did exactly what they did in the George Floyd case; namely, they lied to the public, but in Mr Floyd's case, a little girl took out her cellphone and recorded what actually happened and when her video went viral, it contradicted what the police said; namely, that a perp had a medical emergency while being arrested. Stop it, John, you are being disingenuous. QED

To argue that the disproportionate killing of unarmed Black perps is a nonissue, as John implies, because White cops also murder unarmed White perps is just plain dumb; I'm sorry. In fact, since White cops murder more unarmed Whites in raw numbers than Blacks, if BLM succeeds in getting cops held accountable, Whites will benefit the most. You really have to be a fool to argue that BLM should not be in the streets protesting and raising funds in the name of "racial" injustice because the number of Blacks murdered is small compared to Whites. White cops should not be murdering perps - Black or White - they should be arresting - not executing unarmed perps in the streets. QED

@@chachalongo4255 does disproportionate crime matter at all?

@@justinmathis8078, does anything disproportionate matter? Does a disproportionate allocation of resources matter? Disproportionate is just another word for disparity. Does any disparity matter? Interestingly, Black cops are not out killing White perps, and when they do, they go straight to jail. Why? Because Black cops know it would not be tolerated because, you may have guessed it, White Lives Matter. So, let's hold White cops accountable when they murder unarmed suspects, Black and White, and then they too will realize that Black Lives Matter. QED

@@chachalongo4255 black cops don’t kill white perps without going to jail? Lying doesn’t help move this forward bro

People had their media brainwashed minds already made up long before opening arguments. Who needs testimony and facts when the media will tell us what to think?

A clear negative for all people? You sound like the people that used to say Jazz is the devils music..

You have a point. I used to love hip hop but on the whole, you could argue it contributed to the dumbing down of our culture. If it's true that art inspires reality, you can say hip hop should carry some blame for a lot of the resist the police machismo that results in so many unnecessary deaths, in homophobic attacks, in anti-Semitism, anti white racism, anti Asian racism, and, of course, sexism. Even a lot of the positive hip hop that people point out has similar messaging in at least two or three of the previously mentioned areas, with the added issue that many of the "positive" rap groups promote a pseudo history that is basically the black version of the Aryan mythos from 1930s Germany

Because the WAR on drugs makes drug use criminal thus making the encounter with police more likely thus making deaths at the hands of police more likely for blacks. Drug dealers would simply be called a businessman. And I'm sure he is not against programs that help black communities to avoid drug abuse.

@@veridicusmaximus6010 So drugs are okay as long as it is legal?

@@MediaBuster How you derived that from what was said is beyond me. And how you think that this is what John is implying is just stupid.

@@veridicusmaximus6010 Explain it to me. I critized John for only addressing the war on drugs and leaving out drugs. You said it was because it makes it criminal. Which didn't address my point, but rather enhanced it. So please do explain.

@@MediaBuster Again his point is that it is the priority which in no way means he thinks all drugs are ok. Obviously his focus is on that priority. First de-criminal it then work on drug addiction and abuse. He has never said that it is not important. Focusing on and prioritizing something does not mean you don't care about anything else regarding drugs. If you have listened to any of his conversations at length you would understand this. What drugs he might be ok with would depend on a lot of nuanced factors - nothing is as simple as "he thinks drug are ok as long as it is legal." Cmon man! That's is such a non sequitur.

How was it not the same? What evidence at all is there that any of the nowadays police killings are racially motivated?

@@williammorrison6311, if John actually met Tony Timpa's mama and she said nobody cared about what happened to her son, John knows the reason why is that the police lied to her about what happened to her son and the bodycam videotape did not come out until 2 years later. So, the police were never held accountable. So, it is not that nobody cared, it's that the White cops did exactly what they did in the George Floyd case; namely, they lied to the media and public, but in Mr Floyd's case, a little girl took out her cellphone and recorded what actually happened and when her video went viral, it contradicted what the police said; namely, that a perp had a medical emergency while being arrested. Moreover, to argue that the disproportionate killing of unarmed Black perps is a nonissue, as John implies, because White cops also murder unarmed White perps is just plain dumb; I'm sorry. In fact, since White cops murder more unarmed Whites in raw numbers than Blacks, if BLM succeeds in getting cops held accountable, Whites will benefit the most. You really have to be a fool to argue that BLM should not be in the streets protesting and raising funds in the name of "racial" injustice because the number of Blacks murdered is small compared to Whites. White cops should not be murdering perps - Black or White - they should be arresting - not executing unarmed perps in the streets. QED

@Sound Logic, bro, cut the bamboozle, a jury of officer Chavin's peers determined that Mr Floyd's death was caused by officer Chavin. Why? Because expert testimony that there was no plausible evidence that suggested otherwise was believed. Specifically, expert medical testimony vouched that the level of fentanyl in Mr Floyd's system did not cause his demise, but rather that the role played by officer Chavin did. End of story. Yeah, the media was supposed to whip up a fury over Mr Timpa's death with no evidence of foul play? You are funny if not just plain dumb. Question: how was the media supposed to make a case with nothing to contradict the official police lies? That is really a rhetorical question since I know you have no answer. End of story. There actually is a disproportionate rate of unarmed Black perps being murdered based on their percentage of the population, but of course, more Whites are murdered in raw numbers. So, it matters not; we can also set aside all your bogus mind reading. Let's just stipulate that too many unarmed perps are being murdered, Black and White. So, let's hope BLM can stop the carnage. Finally, don't expect BLM, its founders and its minions to work for free. Only people like you and me are that dumb since neither of our comments are being monetized. QED

@Sound Logic, you are just trolling, right, because you are really not so stupid that you think that someone's case was not covered for racist reasons even though you know that the truth about Mr Timpa was successfully hidden by the cops from everyone - including his mama. (You think Trump won too, right?) Well . . . thank goodness that little girl took out her phone and started recording; otherwise, according to you, Mr Floyd would have gotten no coverage because he would have been too low on the melanin chart. You funny. QED

@@chachalongo4255 BLM founders work for million dollar homes😂😂😁 You do not understand the numbers. The rate of police encounters that go wrong show that blacks and whites have basically the same rate of bad encounters. But it is based on calls for a police response not on the population percentages of different groups. The fact is, cops are called by blacks to black communities at way higher rates than than whites calling them to white communities. Fix that problem before you blame the cops for problems in the black community

Some people in his local community surely heard about him. But just go out and ask 10 random people (not people in your circle of friends or where he's from) if they've ever heard of George Floyd. Then ask those same people if they've ever heard of Tony Timpa and you'll understand what he's talking about. Outside of his community barely anyone knows about Timpa. When the chant around the country "Say their names" starts, Timpa is never mentioned.

@@crisjunfan2139 Louder for the people at the back 🔊

Never heard of him.

@@crisjunfan2139 do you have any idea how many folk have been brutalized and or killed unjustly by the police and no one has ever heard their names. His is a silly arguement.

@@LiquidSoul06 exactly. And it's also playing the "whataboutism" game that racist people will use to de-legitimize the cause.