“Barack Obama's said some very nice things and he says them well. But if you ask me, the reason that we're looking at somebody who is such an inexperienced senator, who has said some very pleasant but not especially sterling or innovative things, the reason that he's considered such a big deal is simply because he's black.”
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John H. McWhorter
John H. McWhorter is a renowned linguist born in the United States in 1965. His research spans a wide range of linguistic fields, particularly focusing on language change, language contact, and language extinction. McWhorter's works cover areas from historical linguistics to sociolinguistics, making significant contributions to our understanding of linguistic diversity and language evolution. more
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