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About John McWhorter

John H. McWhorter teaches linguistics, American studies, and music history at Columbia University. He is a contributing editor at The New York Times and host of Slate's Lexicon Valley podcast. McWhorter is the author of twenty books, including The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America, and Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English.