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Published · transcript-backedJohn McWhorter: uncertainty
11 Mar 2020 Conversations with Tyler John McWhorter on Linguistics, Music, and Race (Live at Mason)
“” If anything, in a certain day, that should be allowed. I don’t know if I have the answer as to when that day would be.”
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- John McWhorter
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- uncertainty
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- 11 Mar 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…No, the Hungarian State Opera. I believe they did, in fact, put on an all-white version of Porgy and Bess. Was highly controversial. It’s been done in Germany, actually, and before there were many people who said much about it, I remember thinking, “I’m glad they’re hearing this music, and who were they going to get to sing the parts? ” If anything, in a certain day, that should be allowed. I don’t know if I have the answer as to when that day would be. You mean Hungary now and what do we — It was a few years ago.…
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