McWhorter And Chuck D On ‘Scarborough Country’

Berkeley professor John McWhorter, the author of ‘Losing The Race, Self Sabotage In Black America’ was on the ‘Scarborough Country’ with guest host Steve Malzberg to talk about who hip hop is reinforcing negative stereotypes that have long hindered blacks. Afterwards, Public Enemy’s Chuck D was on to counter the claim to some degree, though blamed record executives for only portraying the negative lyrics in the genre, ignoring those with a positive message. A transcript on the second half of the show at msnbc.com has since been removed.