Linguist and author John McWhorter is perhaps the leading African-American critic of the Black Lives Matter/Critical Race Theory view of race and racism. Check out:

• His 2017 article “Antiracism, Our Flawed New Religion”
• A 2018 thirteen-minute YouTube clip on the same subject.
• His recent review of Robin DiAngelo’s book “White Fragility”
• And for something lighter, he has a really fun podcast on language called “Lexicon Valley.”

Brown University professor Glenn Loury, who frequently discusses race with McWhorter on his “Glenn Show” on Bloggingheads.tv, recently wrote a rebuttal to Brown University’s letter on racism in the United States. This has relevance to the recent discussion of the BLM banner on Town Hall.

The Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald has been reporting on race and policing for several years. Here’s a recent interview on C-Span’s “Washington Journal.”

Now to music! Long-time classical music critic David Hurwitz recently started a YouTube channel on which he discusses classical repertoire, recordings, and whatever tickles his fancy. He seems to have heard every recording ever made – and is absolutely hilarilous. Check it out!