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Tenure and Activism

September 23, 2015February 7, 2019

Here’s a great piece from Conditionally Accepted about the way being on the tenure-track makes us conservative. It’s wide-ranging and important, thinking about identity and many related issues. Read it all. Here’s the bit that especially dovetails with my interests on public writing, activism, and the academy [my emphasis]: More generally, I bear the burden … Continue ReadingTenure and Activism

Ta-Nehisi Coates at Dominican University: Activism and Change

February 27, 2015February 7, 2019

Last night I had the pleasure of watching one our nation’s great writers, Ta-Nehisi Coates, give a talk on the case for reparations at my university. The content of the talk was based on his recent major article for The Atlantic, which you should read. His thesis is that for 350 years, in an ongoing … Continue ReadingTa-Nehisi Coates at Dominican University: Activism and Change