John McWhorter

I always just assumed that people were going to do stuff wrong, and I would have been listening to what the grammar was.

I want to hear this, because I don't.

I want to hear this, because I don't.

Can you give me one half of an example of what you mean? Like, I'm allowed to say it, but no one else is.

Can you give me one half of an example of what you mean? Like, I'm allowed to say it, but no one else is.

I forget them the minute I write them. You can't. Oh, today is, what's her name? The Congresswoman, Jasmine Crockett.

I forget them the minute I write them. You can't. Oh, today is, what's her name? The Congresswoman, Jasmine Crockett.

What you're saying is something I'm feeling as I get a little older because I'm pushing 60 and so I'm no longer the young pup and I feel like I've got a certain amount of life experience and also just I'm beginning to come off as the kind of person who you call sir or in the parking lot, okay boss, you know, that sort of thing.

What you're saying is something I'm feeling as I get a little older because I'm pushing 60 and so I'm no longer the young pup and I feel like I've got a certain amount of life experience and also just I'm beginning to come off as the kind of person who you call sir or in the parking lot, okay boss, you know, that sort of thing.

And so I'm beginning to take those chances to an extent. With Jasmine Crockett, I will say this. I was very careful in the wording of that because I thought, especially because she's 40 and a bit, and I'm about to be 60. I'm male. I have an imperious demeanor. I don't think that she did anything that was absolutely sinful.

And so I'm beginning to take those chances to an extent. With Jasmine Crockett, I will say this. I was very careful in the wording of that because I thought, especially because she's 40 and a bit, and I'm about to be 60. I'm male. I have an imperious demeanor. I don't think that she did anything that was absolutely sinful.

And so honestly, in the editing of that, we were very careful with the words. And so near the end of it, I say that, Her explanation for why she made fun of the man in the wheelchair was, what did I call it? Clever, but hopeless. There was an idea that I was supposed to say clever, but cowardly. And I said, no, that's too mean. I don't want to call her a coward.

And so honestly, in the editing of that, we were very careful with the words. And so near the end of it, I say that, Her explanation for why she made fun of the man in the wheelchair was, what did I call it? Clever, but hopeless. There was an idea that I was supposed to say clever, but cowardly. And I said, no, that's too mean. I don't want to call her a coward.

I want to say that the explanation just doesn't work. So I think part of it, but the fact that I wrote that at all, I don't know if I would have written that one 20 years ago, or if I did, it would have been read as John just likes to criticize black people and he does that every week when I actually do it very rarely.

I want to say that the explanation just doesn't work. So I think part of it, but the fact that I wrote that at all, I don't know if I would have written that one 20 years ago, or if I did, it would have been read as John just likes to criticize black people and he does that every week when I actually do it very rarely.

But I think what you're talking about is that I'm getting a little older and therefore feel like I can say things that I couldn't when I was Coleman Hughes's age, like 30, where if I would say things, even if I thought I was right, it would be, you're too young. How dare you? And I really felt at the time I need to respect my elders. I would try very hard to do that.

But I think what you're talking about is that I'm getting a little older and therefore feel like I can say things that I couldn't when I was Coleman Hughes's age, like 30, where if I would say things, even if I thought I was right, it would be, you're too young. How dare you? And I really felt at the time I need to respect my elders. I would try very hard to do that.

Especially in black American culture, you don't sass your elders. You don't sass your parents. Well, now I'm my parents. And so I'm going to start doing some constructive sassing. I think that's part of it.

Especially in black American culture, you don't sass your elders. You don't sass your parents. Well, now I'm my parents. And so I'm going to start doing some constructive sassing. I think that's part of it.

Thank you for it not being about they and them. Okay, you, yeah. That was the one that was the funnest to write.