McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful.

McWhorter 承认正式的语言并不是绝对必要的，也没有提出任何激进的教育改革——他实际上是在为失去一些美丽但相对不实用的东西而悲伤。

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"Sam was married to his job," McWhorter said.

“萨姆对工作全身心投入，”麦克沃特说。

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Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable.

麦克沃特先生列举了一系列关于高雅文化和通俗文化的有趣例子，证明了他所记录的这一趋势是正确无误的。

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McWhorter eloquently weighs in on hip hop culture with lopsided moralizing in New York's City Journal.

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Mr. MCWHORTER: I'd like to see a little more concentration on our own community, and then we'll get to Africa.

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

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