THERE IS SANITY – AT 1:32 P.M. ET:   Many college campuses have descended into madness.  But there are still some points of light, even among faculty members.  One of them is John McWhorter, an African-American linguist at Columbia University.  He cuts through the haze of racial rhetoric to remind us of actual reality.  From College Fix: 

Columbia University linguistics Professor John McWhorter, a black Democrat, recently appeared at the Aspen Ideas Festival and weighed in on the latest campus trends afflicting higher education, including safe spaces and white privilege.

McWhorter, author of the 2001 book “Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America,” said when students bemoan constant oppression and extreme racism — those claims are “not true,” and there’s a performance aspect to their outcries, reports The Atlantic.

“I think anybody in their more sober moments understands that even though racism exists and microaggressions are real, college campuses are perhaps the least racist spots on earth. And the idea that any student is undergoing a constant litany of constant racist abuse is theater, it’s theatrical––you hate to say that to somebody 19 years old, but it’s not true,” McWhorter said.

The Atlantic transcribes much of McWhorter’s commentary, in which he also critiqued the white privilege drumbeat on campuses:

COMMENT:  Read the whole thing.  John McWhorter makes Barack Obama sound like the undergraduate that he is.

July 2, 2017