First, an excerpt from the article by Simon Deng, entitled: “First They Came for My People, Then They Came for the Jews: A South Sudanese former slave recognized the Palestinian pogrom on Oct. 7”: My name is Simon Aban Deng. … Continue reading →
Claudine Gay has gotten the most press recently, but there are more allegations of plagiarism at Harvard in the DEI area: Harvard University’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, Sherri Ann Charleston, appears to have plagiarized extensively in her academic work, … Continue reading →
What a complex man! Inspirational, courageous, transformative, flawed in his private life. People continue to argue about what he stood for in terms of the relationship between black people and white people, and what he’d be saying about it all … Continue reading →
Commenter “Mike K” writes: The sad and infuriating thing about what was done to Roland Fryer is that he was a genuine academic star. No need for that thumb on the scale or affirmative action. The book “The Bell Curve” … Continue reading →
Another aspect of Claudine Gay’s illustrious career as a Harvard administrator: …[I]n the face of numerous mounting scandals, many are defending Gay by claiming that the attacks against her are racial in nature. They are not. They are all well … Continue reading →
I assume she’ll now achieve a sort of martyr status on the left: the racist right plus the Jews drove her out, or something like that. At any rate, Gay has resigned. I believe it was more the plagiarism evidence … Continue reading →
There is no better illustration of the extremity of Harvard’s double standards based on identity politics than the difference between the school’s treatment of Harvard presidents Larry Summers and Claudine Gay. Summers probably could never even be chosen as Harvard’s … Continue reading →
First, the old Eddie Murphy sketch. On watching it again after many years, I’m struck by the fact that, although I had remembered the first two bits – in the store; and the party on the bus – I had … Continue reading →
There are some things that should have long been obvious to anyone who has taken a close and thoughtful look at them. One is the leftist takeover of almost every university; with concomitant moral relativism, double standards on free speech … Continue reading →
Here’s the latest development: The mother of a young football fan who wore a headdress and painted his face red and black to a Kansas City Chiefs game has blasted Deadspin for accusing him of “doubling up” on racism against … Continue reading →
It’s come to this: Police are treating ‘Irish lives matter’ graffiti which has appeared in west Belfast as a ‘hate incident’ The graffiti appeared after signage saying the community “will no longer accept the re-housing of illegal immigrants” was erected … Continue reading →
This free documentary on the death of George Floyd and all its ramifications is well worth watching. Most readers of this blog probably know everything, or nearly everything, in it. But it’s still a good reminder. Also, a link could … Continue reading →