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Apr 7, 2022
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GOODBYE FOR NOW
Readers and listeners: Many of you may know that I have been hired by The New York Times to write essays for them twice a week, as a subscriber…
Aug 24, 2021
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KENDI AND DIANGELO DON'T DEBATE PEOPLE LIKE ME
Listen now | .. and they shouldn't! It's time to let up on dissing them for not "debating."
Aug 7, 2021
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KENDI AND DIANGELO DON'T DEBATE PEOPLE LIKE ME
.. and they shouldn't! It's time to let up on dissing them for not "debating."
Aug 6, 2021
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BLACK FRAGILITY AS BLACK STRENGTH? TRY THESE BOOKS INSTEAD.
Listen now | The next entry in the KenDiAngelonian universe is out. But why not branch out?
Aug 2, 2021
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BLACK FRAGILITY AS BLACK STRENGTH? TRY THESE BOOKS INSTEAD.
The next entry in the KenDiAngelonian universe is out. But why not branch out?
Aug 2, 2021
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RACIST ANTIRACISM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS BACK
Listen now | Because to be black is to be poor. And the SAT is un-black. And because black people are "holistic." You know.
Jul 27, 2021
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RACIST ANTIRACISM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS BACK
Because to be black is to be poor. And the SAT is un-black. And because black people are "holistic." You know.
Jul 25, 2021
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