On The Glenn Show, John explains to Glenn why he objects to the recent firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley from The Chronicle of Higher Education after she wrote a piece attacking black studies. Glenn argues that Riley’s piece was offensive and wrong. John recalls his own critical assessment of the field, and he and Glenn discuss what black studies should be. They disagree about the state of Harvard’s influential black studies department. Glenn worries that black academics are held to a lower standard, a theme John discussed in his 2000 book Losing the Race. Glenn and John agree that black studies needs to adopt a more global approach.
Play entire videoNaomi Schaefer Riley’s controversial article on black studies
John’s Daily News piece on Riley
Khalil Gibran Muhammad’s book, “The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America”
John’s article on black studies at Minding the Campus
Harvard’s Department of African and African-American Studies
“Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.”, the PBS program on genetics and genealogy
John’s book “Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America”
The documentary “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”
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