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target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brown University</a>) and John McWhorter (<a href="https://americanstudies.columbia.edu/people/john-h-mcwhorter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Columbia University</a>, <a href="https://www.booksmartstudios.org/p/introducing-lexicon-valley-with-john" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lexicon Valley</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/john-mcwhorter"><em>New York Times</em></a>) </h2>   <div class="topic-list" itemprop="description"> <ul> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=0:00" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > A new documentary about George Floyd’s death raises new questions </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">0:00</span> </li> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=5:42" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > John: “We’ve been lied to” about George Floyd’s death </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">5:42</span> </li> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=14:27" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > The price of a “poetic truth” </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">14:27</span> </li> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=20:09" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > Was the Derek Chauvin jury intimidated into delivering a guilty verdict? </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">20:09</span> </li> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=23:26" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > Glenn: George Floyd was no hero </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">23:26</span> </li> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=29:03" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > The burning of Minneapolis’s 3rd Precinct </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">29:03</span> </li> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=34:54" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > Is there any hope of changing the George Floyd narrative? </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">34:54</span> </li> <li> <a href="/videos/67137?in=41:48" onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM', $topic+3); return false" > Who will take responsibility for changing things in black America? </a> <span class="duration-spacer">.</span> <span class="duration">41:48</span> </li> </ul> <a class="play-button" href="/videos/67137?in=00:01"onclick="playerhtml.sendEvent('ITEM','2'); return false">Play entire video</a> </div>  </div>   <div id="social-links">   <div id="twitter">Follow: <a href="http://twitter.com/GlennLoury" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://twitter.com/GlennLoury'); return false;"> <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/graphics.nonzero/follow-icons/twitter.png" alt="Twitter" class="twitter-icon" /> Glenn Loury</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter" 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