Commentary: Black Studies - The Never-Ending (Beautiful) Struggle: Much has been written about a former (recently fired) Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE) blogger’s racist, dismissive, and uninformed rant against the discipline of Black Studies—particularly a group of Northwestern University graduate students—but very little scrutiny has been afforded the article that inspired the toxic torrent in the first place.
That would be “Black Studies: ‘Swaggering into the Future’: A New Generation of Ph.D.'s Advances the Discipline,” written by Chronicle reporter Stacey Patton.
As one who earned the Ph.D. in African American Studies at Temple University, over a decade ago, I have some thoughts on the direction of the discipline beloved by so many ... and reviled—and misunderstood—by far too many others.
