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John McWhorter: ‘The mob doesn’t go forever’

FIRE sits down with linguist, writer, author, and college professor John McWhorter to discuss social media mobs, safetyism, free speech, why Stephen J. Gould and Shelby Steele are his biggest intellectual inspirations, censorship of music, the impact of hip-hop music on American culture, and more. John McWhorter is an American linguist with a specialty in creole languages, sociolects, and Black English. He is currently an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, where he also teaches American studies and music history. Recent and archived work by John McWhorter for The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-mcwho... Support FIRE today: https://www.theFIRE.org/donate Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Social media mobs 03:17 - Safetyism and free speech 05:09 - Who inspires you? 07:30 - Music censorship 09:35 - Growing up in Philly 12:47 - Mother's views on free speech 13:58 - Nine Nasty Words 16:09 - Why free speech is important