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Free Black Thought

Black thought varies as widely as black individuals

  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
    The FULL Erec Smith: A Diversity Trainer Speaks Out Against DEI

    The FULL Erec Smith: A Diversity Trainer Speaks Out Against DEI

    Rhetoric Professor Erec Smith says todays DEI training does more harm than good.  Erec tells John Stossel, "if you can keep this race thing going, then you will always have a business in getting rid of racism.”

    15 August, 2023
    Erec Smith
  • Persuasion & Rhetoric
    Ep. 6 - A New Correspondence on Race (Winkfield Twyman Jr. and Jennifer Richmond)

    Free Black Thought Podcast Ep. 6 - A New Correspondence on Race (Winkfield Twyman Jr., Jennifer Richmond)

    When Wink Twyman responded to Jen Richmond’s article decrying a diversity training program she participated in he didn’t know it would kickoff a letter correspondence that spanned the course of years. Letters in Black and White: A New Correspondence on Race in America is the compendium of these...

    9 August, 2023
    Connie Morgan , W.F. Twyman
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  • Education
    Theory of Enchantment

    Theory of Enchantment

    This training helps businesses fight racism systematically by equipping clients with the Theory of Enchantment Three Principled Practice. This practice engages clients in the study of pop culture and literary texts authored by some of the greatest moral, philosophical, and intellectual giants...

    6 December, 2022
    Chloe Valdary
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
    A Black DEI Director Canceled by DEI

    A Black DEI Director Canceled by DEI

    This month, I was fired from my position as faculty director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education at De Anza Community College in Cupertino, Calif.

    31 March, 2023
    Dr. Tabia Lee
  • Education
    EVENT: Politicization of the Classroom

    EVENT: Politicization of the Classroom

    Livestream on Thursday, September 7, at 4pm PT / 7pm ET

    6 September, 2023
    Erec Smith , David L. Bernstein , Brandy Shufutinsky
  • Persuasion & Rhetoric
    Introducing the Journal of Free Black Thought

    Introducing the Journal of Free Black Thought

    Introductory essay: Welcome to the Journal of Free Black Thought, a publication dedicated to foregrounding the widely diverse black perspectives that are rarely given room, and hence rarely encountered, in mainstream idea spaces. The Journal will publish essays that address black history, black...

    18 July, 2021
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
    The Problem(s) With Diversity-Related Training - Musa al-Gharbi

    Diversity is Important. Diversity-Related Training is Terrible.

    The evidence is clear: diversity-related training is generally ineffective, often causes blowback, and comes at expense of other priorities.

    16 September, 2020
    Musa Al-Gharbi
  • Black thought varies as widely as black individuals.

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    FREE BLACK THOUGHT seeks to represent the rich diversity of black thought beyond the relatively narrow spectrum of views promoted by mainstream outlets as defining "the black perspective." You'll find the thinkers represented here to be frequently non-conforming, often provocative, sometimes contrarian, but always enriching.

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  • DEI in academic publishing paves the way for differential treatment (part 3)

    DEI in academic publishing paves the way for differential treatment (part 3)

    Discriminatory practices are clearly being encouraged as part of DEI in academic publishing. I do not welcome this for reasons outlined here.

    4 September, 2023
    Amber Muhinyi
  • Compendium of Free Black Thought

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    This site is a resource for those who are curious about heterodox black voices. We have compiled a searchable, topically arranged bibliography of black thinkers outside the mainstream including books, published essays, journal articles, and social media accounts. 

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  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
    For DEI Supporters, Perpetuation of Racism Is Good Business | National Review

    For DEI Supporters, Perpetuation of Racism Is Good Business | National Review

    The apparent goal of contemporary anti-racism activism — which is not the activism of the civil-rights era — is not to end racism but to perpetuate it.

    17 June, 2023
    Erec Smith
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
    The collapse of the ‘diversity’ industry can’t come soon enough

    The collapse of the ‘diversity’ industry can’t come soon enough

    Far from promoting racial cohesion, hyper-political HR activists have normalised racism in the workplace

    3 August, 2022
    Inaya Folarin Iman
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
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    It’s time for data-first diversity, equity, and inclusion

    The average impact of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training is zero and some evidence suggests that the impact can become negative if the training is mandated. [...] Our intuition for how to decrease race and gender disparities in the...

    20 June, 2022
    Roland G. Fryer
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