EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 55 MIN
John McWhorter – America's Shifting Position on Gaza
from The Glenn Show · host Glenn Loury
Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.comVideo Links0:00 John: Not all of Trump’s demands on Columbia are crazy 3:45 Are the accusations of antisemitism at Columbia apt? 12:43 Ground News ad 14:22 The shifting public perception of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza 24:30 The historical legacy of Gaza’s starvation 27:40 Glenn: There are ways to destroy Israel without an army 32:21 The lull in American race politics 38:22 Has the race debate devolved to Sidney Sweeney’s jeans? 47:27 John’s theory of violent crime among black youthsRecorded August 5, 2025Links and ReadingsJohn’s April 23, 2024 NYT column, “I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.”Peter Beinart’s book, Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A ReckoningGlenn’s conversation with BeinartTa-Nehisi Coates’s book, Between the World and MeCourtney Moorehead Balaker and Ted Balaker’s documentary, The Coddling of the American MindSidney Sweeney’s American Eagle adJohn’s NYT column, “Do These Jeans Make My Ads Look Racist?”Glenn and John’s conversation with Randall KennedyGlenn and John’s conversation with Keith EllisonThomas Sowell’s book, Black Rednecks & White Liberals This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit glennloury.substack.com/subscribe
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