I remember listening to a linguistics podcast this guy put out. There was some interesting content, but hooooooly shit, he was so far up his own ass that it could be hard to listen to, and as soon as he gave a political take I realized just what a dumbass he was. The fact that he wrote a book called Woke Racism should tell you all you need to know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McWhorter#Political_views