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  <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Dr. John McWhorter is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He earned his B.A. from Rutgers University, his M.A. from New York University, and his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University. Before taking his position at the Manhattan Institute, he held teaching positions at Cornell University, where he held the position of Assistant Professor, and at the University of California, Berkeley, where he held the position of Associate Professor.

Professor McWhorter specializes in language change and language contact. He is the author of &lt;i&gt;The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language&lt;/i&gt;; &lt;i&gt;The Word on the Street&lt;/i&gt;, a book on dialects and Black English; and &lt;i&gt;Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music in America and Why We Should, Like, Care&lt;/i&gt;. A weekly columnist for &lt;i&gt;The New York Sun&lt;/i&gt;, he has also been published in &lt;i&gt;The New Republic&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Wall Street Journal&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Chronicle of Higher Education&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;The New York Times&lt;/i&gt;.

Frequently sought after by the media, Professor McWhorter has appeared on &lt;i&gt;Dateline NBC&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Politically Incorrect&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Talk of the Nation&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Today&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Good Morning America&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Jim Lehrer NewsHour&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Fresh Air&lt;/i&gt;. He does regular commentaries for &lt;i&gt;All Things Considered&lt;/i&gt;.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>    <born_at>01/01/1965</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of &quot;Pure&quot; Standard English]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Authentically Black]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Story of Human Language]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Spreading the Word: Language and Dialect in America]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[John H. McWhorter]]></name>
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