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Understanding Instagram’s Effect on Teen Girls and What Parents Can Do About It

The Wall Street Journal is publishing a series of articles critical of Facebook entitled “The Facebook Files.” In its eighth installment at the time of this writing, the series is based on internal documents from the company, including “research reports, online employee discussions and drafts of presentations to senior management.”

Facebook

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Understanding Instagram’s Effect on Teen Girls and What Parents Can Do About It
Understanding Instagram’s Effect on Teen Girls and What Parents Can Do About It
Facebook

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The Big Smush: Why Everything Is So Political

I can remember those first few years, always looking for blazers. I was a newly minted Ph.D., and I wanted to look professorial. I was a member of a category of people called “professors” or “academics.” I wasn’t trying to fake it. I was a legitimate member of this category…

Politics

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The Big Smush: Why Everything Is So Political
The Big Smush: Why Everything Is So Political
Politics

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Confessions of a Former Colorblind Racist

We see a lot of talk about critical race theory in our educational system these days. These conversations have been brewing for some time. Many online personalities such as Christopher Rufo and James Lindsay have done an excellent job building up a groundswell of concern. These concerns have recently spilled…

Critical Race Theory

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Confessions of a Former Colorblind Racist
Confessions of a Former Colorblind Racist
Critical Race Theory

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Thinking About Data-Driven Policing in an Era of Social Justice

Introduction — Over the past several years, police in the United States have come under increased scrutiny. The Black Lives Matter movement and those sympathetic to its cause have charged police with bias against black and brown people. Community leaders, scholars, and activists assert that American policing practices overpolice black and brown…

Racism

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Thinking About Data-Driven Policing in an Era of Social Justice
Thinking About Data-Driven Policing in an Era of Social Justice
Racism

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The Problem of Privilege Discrimination and The Solution of “Evidence Based Discrimination”

I am a professor at a university in the American South. I am in my sixth year there. In that time, I have served on numerous hiring committees. For readers outside of academia, hiring a new faculty member is an extensive vetting process that can take several months. You are…

Social Justice

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The Problem of Privilege Discrimination and The Solution of “Evidence Based Discrimination”
The Problem of Privilege Discrimination and The Solution of “Evidence Based Discrimination”
Social Justice

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No Country for Young Men

In my last piece, I critiqued our national narrative about “young men behaving badly.” These are the young men who make headlines for mass murders. Later, when the dust settles, we find that these men are struggling with social isolation and rejection by women. Internet sleuths almost inevitably find that…

Manosphere

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No Country for Young Men
No Country for Young Men
Manosphere

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Dec 21, 2022

Working Hard Means You Move Hard — Not Move Up

I woke up this morning with thoughts about whether I should buy more Christmas gifts. I never feel I bought enough for my loved ones. As I made my breakfast, thoughts of whether I should clean my home before or after my trip to South Carolina rattled around my head…

Income Inequality

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Working Hard Means You Move Hard — Not Move Up
Working Hard Means You Move Hard — Not Move Up
Income Inequality

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Dec 18, 2022

Where Boxers Come From: A Sociological Explanation

The first person recognized as the World Heavyweight Champion of Boxing was John L. Sullivan. According to Wikipedia, he was “a cultural icon of the late 19th century America, arguably the first boxing superstar and one of the world’s highest-paid athletes of his era.” Sullivan was the son of Irish…

Boxing

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Where Boxers Come From
Where Boxers Come From
Boxing

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Nov 18, 2022

Is It Time For “Conservative Studies”?

A common political narrative is that college campuses are hostile to conservative students and ideas. Consider the website Professor Watchlist. On that website, you can search a database of professors labeled radical. Consider the entry for Dr. Anna Kirkland, a professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of…

Education Reform

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Is It Time For “Conservative Studies”?
Is It Time For “Conservative Studies”?
Education Reform

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Feb 15, 2022

Amir Locke deserved the dignity of a knock

Another week, another state crime. Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was killed by police in a Minneapolis apartment building. Shortly before 7 in the morning, a SWAT team approached the apartment door where Locke was staying. According to Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman, it was assisting the city’s…

Amir Locke

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Amir Locke deserved the dignity of a knock
Amir Locke deserved the dignity of a knock
Amir Locke

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Roderick Graham

Roderick Graham

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Rod is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Old Dominion University. https://www.youtube.com/c/roderickgraham

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