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McWhorter attended Friends Select School (a Quaker high school in Philadelphia ) and was accepted to Simon's Rock College after tenth grade. Later, he attended Rutgers University and achieved a B.A. degree in French . He received a Master's Degree in American studies from New York University and a Ph.D. in linguistics from Stanford University . He specializes in language change and language contact, including Creole Languages and has studied the Saramaccan language for a forthcoming Grammar . Outside his chosen field of linguistics, he has carved a niche for himself as a media commentator who has criticized what he calls a "self-sabotaging" black culture. He has published a number of successful books and made public and television appearances on the subject. He has appeared twice in Penn And Teller 's Bullshit! , in the profanity episode in his capacity as a linguistics professor, and in the reparations episode for his political views and knowledge of race relations. He is also an accomplished (amateur) pianist and composer. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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