McWhorter on "Negro English"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/12/2010 07:01 PM, Geoff Nathan wrote:
>And one of our own has much better things to say:
>
>http://www.tnr.com/blogs/john-mcwhorter

1)  Is McWhorter black?

2)  Is there really "the Biblical passage about trying to take a
speck out of someone's eye when you've got a log in your own"?  I'm a
non-believer, so I really don't know.  Please cite chapter and verse.

3)  McWhorter wrote "Inevitably there will be reminiscences of Joe
Biden's comment about Obama being "articulate." "  When I first heard
this comment of Biden's, I simply thought he was comparing Obama to
Adlai Stevenson, the most recent previous presidential candidate
(including those actually elected) I thought was articulate.  No
racism intended or perceived.

Joel

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