Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode null
New terms — like LatinX — are often pushed by activists to promote a more equitable world. But linguist John McWhorter says trying to enforce new words to speed up social change tends to backfire.
About John McWhorter
null is an associate professor in the Slavic Department at Columbia University. He is the host of the podcast null and New York Times columnist.
McWhorter has written more than twenty books including null, null and null. He earned his B.A. from Rutgers, his M.A. from New York University, and his Ph.D. in linguistics from Stanford.
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