Looking forward to this.

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BREAKING NEWS

My memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: Confessions of a Black Conservative, is coming out from Norton on May 14. You should check it out, and pre-order if so moved, here: wwnorton.com/books/97803938…

Erec Smith shares some thoughts on microaggressions and the Critical Social Justice tenet of ever-present racism.
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Watch FBT's Erec Smith testify before Congress on the detriments of Critical Social Justice as the foundation of (Most) DEI initiatives.
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If you missed our livestream - Liberalism in Practice: Lessons from Harvard - w/ Erec Smith Likes Rhetoric (@FreeBlckThought), Ken Pope (@VoCommunism), Elizabeth Spievak (@ilvalues) and author Winkfield Twyman, Jr. you can find it on our YT page 👇

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I hate and denounce the misconception that individualism is synonymous with contempt for the needs of others and isolationism.

That's collectivist propaganda. Individualism's relationship to others is one of voluntary cooperation instead of collectivism's coercion and force.

My thoughts on Black History Month and how it relates to contemporary DEI. discoursemagazine.com/p/we-are-too-g…

Our fifth 𝙁𝘽𝙏 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 has dropped!

It features updates on our co-founders' latest activities: new articles, new Substack projects, new podcasts, great conferences you can register to attend, and more!

Check it out/subscribe:
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Scholar, author, economist, and podcaster Dr. Glenn Loury (Glenn Loury) was kind enough to participate in our latest 'Higher Ed Now' podcast, where he spoke brilliantly about the continuing relevance and value of a liberal arts education. This is an interview you shouldn't miss:…

New op-ed in Newsweek by Dr. Brandy Shufutinsky (@76brandy76), Director of Education and Community Engagement at Jewish Institute for Liberal Values, discusses the politicization of education, which has led to a decline in student learning that disproportionately affects students of color. Link below⬇️

Looking forward to reading this!

Dropping in the 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 first thing tomorrow morning (Monday 2/5):

By Glenn Loury—

'The Ghost in the Machine: Social Science Cannot Capture What Makes Us Human'

SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss it ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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You've heard of Diversity Statements. How about Citation Diversity statements? Yep, it's a thing, but are you really surprised? (I think there was a time in which this idea may have made a little more sense, but I don't think that time is now.) Thoughts?
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Sometimes I think to myself, 'Maybe I should stop writing about the detriments of critical social justice. Maybe the tide is turning enough for me to do something else.' Then I see posts like this and realize my work is far from over.

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.Michael David Cobb Bowen and Winkfield Twyman Jr. return for episode three of Bowen + Twyman.

If you were 'King of [black] History Month' how would you rule?

Listen to the guys unravel their kingdoms of blackness here--> freeblackthought.substack.com/p/ep-34-bowen-…

One of my many issues with contemporary manifestations of DEI is that it turns deliberation, a foundational concept for any free and civil democracy, into a 'white way of knowing.' I explain deliberation's efficacy and endangerment in this article.

In Feb we start our monthly Liberal Values in Practice Discussions. Feb Convo: Lessons from Harvard & the Claudine Gay Affair with Erec Smith Likes Rhetoric of Free Black Thought, Ken Pope of Victims of Communism, Winkfield Twyman, Jr. & Elizabeth Spievak.

Register 👇
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'If one benefit of affirmative action is that it helps young black Americans to see people like themselves in positions of power, then the message of DiAngelo and Sensoy is disaffirmative action: no-one who looks like you has achieved anything in this country.'
Jake 🇺🇸…