Shipp, professor in journalism, Hofstra University School of Communication, along with John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute senior fellow in public policy.

NPR: Roundtable: Chrysler's Deep Cuts, 'Rebranding' Africa

Shipp, professor in journalism at Hofstra University School of Communication, plus John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute senior fellow in public policy.

NPR: Roundtable: Chrysler's Deep Cuts, 'Rebranding' Africa

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of John McWhorter.

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John McWhorter, a black conservative at the Manhattan Institute, bets that all three companies sued so far would rather settle out of court.

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John McWhorter, a social critic and widely read black conservative author, has made a career of twisting perceived black misbehavior into a provocative, if flawed, analysis of contemporary race.

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Mr. JOHN MCWHORTER (Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute): Well, you know, there was a grand period from the '20s into the 1960s when it was possible for a black man, or sometimes a woman, with no education to have a good solid job in an auto plant.

NPR: Roundtable: Chrysler's Deep Cuts, 'Rebranding' Africa