Over the last few weeks, those of us in the field have followed an uncommon situation where "black studies" has become newsworthy. Conservative writer Naomi Riley wrote a piece on the Chronicle of Higher Education blog diminishing black studies based on a few dissertations that she never read. Her critique led to counter-critiques on blogs and twitter, and Riley was eventually relieved of her duties.
Riley's firing based on critiques of black studies has, not surprisingly, led to increased commentary and coverage.
• May 21: Right’s version of politically correct drives attacks on black studies - James Smethurst, The Boston Globe
• May 10: A Chronicle of Journalistic Malfeasance - Eric Alterman, Center for American Progress
• May 10: Bad Faith: Naomi Schaefer Riley and the War on Public Education - BEM, The Anfortas Wound
• May 10: A Scholar Who Thinks Black Studies is Worthless, How Surprising - Boyce Watkins, YourBlackWorld
• May 10: The Chronicle of Mob Rules - Kathryn Jean Lopez, The National Review
• May 9: The Trouble With Black Studies - Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed
• May 9: A Raging Debate About Black Studies - Cord Jefferson, BET
• May 9: Conservatives defend fired writer on race - Ben Wolfgang, The Washington Times
• May 9: Riley: You Knew What I Was When You Picked Me Up - Lindsay Beyerstein, In These Times
• May 9: When the Mob Has a Point: The Firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley - Hamilton Nolan, Gawker
• May 9: Education blogger fired - Rheana Murray, New York Daily News
• May 9: Black studies under fire by conservative blogger - Linda Ocasio, The New Jersey Star-Ledger
• May 9: Black Studies And 'Intellectual Cowardice' - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
• May 9: Black Studies And The Chronicle's Cowardice - Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast
• May 8: The Cravenness of Higher Education - Wall Street Journal
• May 8: Chronicle of Higher Education Fires Blogger Over Black Studies Post - Jennifer Schuessler, NY Times
• May 8: Naomi Schaefer Riley Fired For Calling Black Studies 'Claptrap' - Gene Demby, Huffington Post
• May 8: The Academic Mob Rules, Naomi Schaefer Riley, Wall Street Journal
• May 7: Black Studies, White Privilege: Why Naomi Riley Should Be Quiet - Kirsten W. Savali, NewsOne
• May 7: A Note to Readers - Liz McMillen, The Chronicle
• May 5: A Black-Studies Critic's Willful Ignorance - Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., The Root
• May 5: Academic rigor, journalistic ethics, and “partisan hackery” - Ted Gideonse, Ted gideonse blog
• May 3: Black Studies, Part 2: A Response to Critics - Naomi Schaefer Riley, The Chronicle
• May 3: Faculty Respond to Riley Post on African-American Studies - Watkins-Hayes et al., The Chronicle
• May 3: Grad Students Respond to Riley Post on African-American Studies - Taylor, Levy, Hays, The Chronicle
• May 2: The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject - Tressie, Tressiemc
• April 30: The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations - Naomi Riley, The Chronicle
• April 12: Black Studies: 'Swaggering Into the Future' - Stacey Patton, The Chronicle of Higher Education
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