doctor mcwhorter is a professor of of columbia university.e received his phd in linguistics from stanford is the author of several books nine nasty words, english in the gutter which is freaking great and most recently woke racism. in the atlantic.c. regular weekly newsletter for the "new york times" in which she discusses race, language, politics, and even music and musical theater. i especially recommend his fees from last year about steely dan. twenty-five minutesye after whih she will participate in a discussion ai's own doctor joshua capps. john and joshua will converse i hope you'll join us for deep conversations in light refreshments and the joint in tt gallery. join me in welcoming language and the left? [applause] cooks thank youhn for inviting . thank you to chris scalia in joshua are wanting my company. and i want to talk a little bit about what you could call and effort coming mostly from the left to create change through language. but also of course has pitfalls and probably a lot of us. thesee days over the past four maybe five

we have one of america's foremost linguists, john mcwhorter from columbia university.versity an agree from stanford. the power of babble. nine nasty words, language in the gutter, which is frickin' great and most recently woke racism how a new religion has betrayed black america. he's published widely, a regular guest on the glen show with glen lawrie and a weekly newsletter in the new york times he discusses race, language, politics, and even music and musical theater. i especially recommend his piece if from last year about steely dan. dr. mcwhorter will speak for 25 minutes and after way engage in a discussion with aei's only dr. joshua katz. john and joshua will converse for about 20 minutes and then we'll turn to audience questions. afterwards, i hope you'll join us for deep conversation and light refreshments in the adjoining gallery. but first, please welcome-- join me in welcoming john mcwharton discussing language and the left. [applause] >> thank you aei for inviting me. thank you. especially to chris scalia and joshua katz for wanting my company tonight, and

those that classic mcwhorter talk perimeter of the b lots of questions. i should say john and me are going to talk for a little bit. john said he was a cheerleader and he does not want to appear not modern. nobody who knowse me with think i'm a cheerleader and i'm deafly not modern. this should be a really good conversation. there will also be time for all of you to speak. if you are watching online now and have any questions or comments you wish to make you can send them to@aei.org. in a te.m oh oh r. so, john, you said you're going to talk s about and you did, language on the left too. the subtitle which i think was not mentioned was kent words create justice? you said at the very beginning you were going to talk mostly about the left. and at some point in the middle you sort of said that again. you did not say anything about the right. you are not a man of the right. you called yourself a liberal democrat. many people say and i have to say this sounds right to me you are a radical centrist. that was a radical centrist talk. so, what would a talk by you

john mcwhorter. dr.or of english and comp lit at columbia university. he received his phd in linguist expense stanford and is the author of several books including hope and quote the power of -- "the power of babel," "english in the gutter," which is frickin' great, and "woke racism." he has been published in "city journal" and "the atlantic." he is a cohost of "the glenn show" with gun larry could-- glenn loury. i recommend his piece last year about steely dan. he will participate in a discussion with another great scholar of language, aei's own joshua katz. john and joshua will converse for 20 minutes, and then we will turn to audience questions. afterwards i hope you will join us for deep conversation and light refreshments in the adjoining gallery. but first, please welcome to join me in welcoming john mcwhorter to discuss language in the left. [laughter] -=-- [applause] john: thank you, aei, for inviting me. thank you especially to chris scalia and joshua katz for wanting my company. i want to talk