The Language Hoax

John McWhorter June 7, 2016 The language we speak shapes how we experience life, creating a world view based on its vocabulary and grammar…right? Not so, says John McWhorter. Drawing from the scientific literature, McWhorter explains how this widely-held belief is not only false, it leads to dangerous assumptions about cultures and races that differ from our own – and asserts that while cultures emphasize the ways human groups differ, languages suggest what we have in common. McWhorter is an associate pro