greater political clout is counterproductive to advance blacks and i was intrigued to learn that john mcwhorter is is -- has a critical essay in your book. to what extent is mcwhorter for example different from your view and place them which you might differ? >> on the first question i think what tends to happen when you get a black leader in politics as they become a politician and take precedence. you can say education is an example. school choice is hugely popular in the black community particular among the black poor. barack obama gets into office and tries to shut down the per gram and d.c. and tries to shut down the school program in louisiana. why? not because these programs are popular not in the van. the charter school wait list is hundreds of thousands of kids along. tries to shut down because he has the political need to satisfy people that helped him get elected. he decides to do their bidding in the ethnic voting blocs that played a large role in electing him. he became a politician and that i think is how you get political clout on the neediest members of the group that is sent th

eastern, author john mcwhorter discusses his book "talking back, talking black". >> i wanted to see ifuse in casual situations. >> then on tuesday at 7:15 a.m. eastern, author and pulitzer prize-winning historian david mcm mccullough, the american spirit. >> you don't whine and wimper. you get up and continue on, and i think that that's something that we all need to be reminded of and aren't reminded of by the examples set in this story of our own country. >> at 1:30 p.m., utah senator mike leigh with his book written out of history, the forgotten founding fathers who fought big government. >> i don't think anyone can comprehend what happened in philadelphia in 1777 unless they read both sides of the argument because unless you read the arguments of the federalists, they appear to tilt more in the direction of federal power than they, in fact, do. >> at 2:30 p.m. jena bush -- >> with malia and sasha we felt unbelievably protective of them and people thought it was odd how protective we were, but it isn't. we saw ourselves in them. we saw our little selves in them when our grandpa becam

i'm a librarian here at mid-manhattan library and i'm very happy to present john john mcwhorter. john has come more than once. been very kind.that. this is his third visit. tonight he'll be speak about miss most recent book, "talking back, talk black" -- joan mcworther is an associate prefer of english and comparative literature at columbia university where re teaches linguist sticks, western service, and american studies. a "new york times" best selling author, "ted" speaker and a the author of 16 books, and tonight he is going to be speaking about his most recent book "talking back, talking black." without further adieu, john mcworther, please. >> thank you. for coming. my last book pay talking back, talking black "had a very compact thesis. i wanted to see if i could make the general public have a more positive view of the dialect that most black americans use in casual situations because the general idea is that black english is some sort of lapse or stain or scourge. that bothered me. never heard that way but the mr. perception continues, and we linguists shake our head at th

here's our primetime lineup: >> now here's john mcwhorter. >> before we begin, ask you to take the time now to please turn off your cell phones. keep in mine that c-span is videotaping this evening so at the end when we do our q & a, there's a microphone up in front. we ask that you please come and stand at the microphone to ask your questions so that we can hear you. otherwise we will not be able to hear or see you if you're

understood you, what i had this look on my face later, columbia university, john mcwhorter examines black english in his book, talking black, talking back. next, a panel on the english language from the 2017th virginia festival of the book in charlottesville. it features alan metcalf, from skedaddle to southie, words of the generation. and robert alden wouldn't wrote going to hell in a hand basket and illustrated dictionary of modern. [inaudible] is an hour and ten minutes.ions] >> good morning. i'd like to welcome you all to word salad, or word solid. my name is josh wheeler and i'm the director of the thomas jefferson center for the protection of free expression, the sponsor of this morning's program. it's a source of great pride for us at the thomas jefferson center that we have beenther. involved in every one of the 23 virginia festival the books in one way or the other. often, you only think about free speech were thinking about speech we don't like, that we hate, actually, but we forget sometimes that free speech also allows us the great kind of expression that we can find in the ar

author john mcwhorter discusses his book "talking back, talking black." >> i wanted to see if i could make the general public have a more positive view of the dialect that most black americans use in casual situation. at 7:15 a.m.sday eastern, author and pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough with his look "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for." >> if you get knocked down, you do not lie there and whimper and wine, you get back up and continue on. i think that is something that we all need to be reminded of and are reminded of by these examples set in the story of our own country. >> at 1:30 p.m., utah senator "writtenwith his book out of history: the founding fathers who fought big government." >> nobody can know what happened in philadelphia in 1787 if you read both -- unless you read both sides of the argument. if you read the arguments of the anti-federalist, the anti--- arguments of the federalists tilt toward federal power more than they do. the book "sisters first: stories from our wild and wonderful life." >> we felt unbelievably protective of them,

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eastern, john mcwhorter discusses his book "talking back, talking black." >> i wanted to see if i could make the general public have a more positive view of the dialect that most black americans use in casual situations. >> on tuesday at 7:15 a.m. eastern, pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough with his book "the american spirit." >> if you get knocked down, he don't lie there and whimper and whine, you get up and continue on. i think that is something we all need to be reminded of. and are reminded of by the examples set in this story of her own country. >> cap 1:30 p.m., mike lee with his book "written out of history: the forgotten founding fathers who fought big government." >> i don't think anyone can comprehend what happened in philadelphia unless they read both sides of the argument. unless you read the arguments of the antifederalists and the argument of the federalist, appeared to tilt more the direction of federal power than they in fact do. p.m., "sisters first: stories from our wild and wonderful life." >> we felt unbelievably protective of them. almost -- people t

his latest book written out of history, the forgotten founding fathers to five big government, john mcwhorter, author of talking back, talking black. and janet bush hager, author of sisters first sits down to discuss their lives in forthcoming book. also, this weekend with the help of our comcast cable partner book tv visits portland, oregon, to explore the city's history and literary culture. that's a few of the programs and authors you will see on this four-day weekend of book tv as he sent to. its television for serious readers. for a complete schedule, visit book tv.org. >> former president bill clinton recently shared his thoughts on what he calls the most important political book of the last decade. >> you know what that exhibit is that the clinton presidential center right now? extreme bugs. [laughter] >> you know what my staff gave me for christmas last year? two, not one, two and farms. [laughter] >> i have one on my desk at the presidential library and one in my office in harlem. why? because i'm always telling them that the most important political book that no one read or read for