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“Academic Justice,” not Academic Freedom, says The Harvard Crimson
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Jack Kerwick
Sandra Korn is a Harvard University undergraduate student and a writer for The Harvard Crimson. In a recent edition of the school’s paper, she argues for abandoning the traditional value of “academic freedom” in favor of what she calls, “academic justice.” Korn may still be but a student, but both the lines along which she…
Remembering Ken Hamblin, “the Black Avenger”
By
Jack Kerwick
It’s “Black History Month”—but black conservatives needn’t apply. One such black conservative is Ken Hamblin, “the Black Avenger.” During the 1980’s and ‘90’s, Hamblin, labeled “the black Rush Limbaugh,” was a nationally syndicated radio talk show host heard on roughly 200 stations. He also was a columnist who authored two books, Pick a Better Country…
Another Forgotten Black Conservative: Zora Neale Hurston
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Jack Kerwick
February is Black History Month. As those on the right (and even an increasing number of people elsewhere) know well enough, these four weeks are all too easily used by activists as an opportunity to promote a politics of victimhood congenial to a leftist agenda. The famed black writer—and conservative—Zora Neale Hurston, frustrates this program.…
No Room for George Schuyler this Black History Month
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Jack Kerwick
Once again, “African-American History Month” is upon us. Of course, these four weeks of February have little to do with actual history, and everything to do with ideology. That this is all about the advancement of a decidedly leftist political agenda is borne out readily enough by the conspicuous absence of the names of once-famous…
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