All night all day we will be fighting for freddie grey. All night. All day. We will be fighting for freddie grey. Let me say first of all, it is a daughter and a pleasure to be back here i was here some months ago to introduce the new books i have written and i consider it to be quite an honor they have invited me back again so those who may not be familiar of freddie grey, a young black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in the city of baltimore and he is in a long list of such young black people with fatal encounters with the authorities including cleveland and new york and texas and hopefully when i will be talking about this evening is to say in the event that spee is the fear the period of the haitian revolution in this will shed some light i would hope on why is north america we have had a spectacular rise and surge of Police Killings and misdeeds upon black people in particular. First of all, with regard to the haitian revolution 1791324 that we are even a successful
Next, an examination of the future of genetic manipulation in the gene in who i white trash a look at the history of class in america and the political significance of poor whites from reconstruction to the new deal. And the creation of nike, and in grunt a look at holiday scientists are addressing the issues of panic, exhaustion, and heat in military combat. Its a look at the current nonfiction best sellers according to the new york times. Many of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on booktv. You can watch them on the web site, booktv. Org. Youre watching bosh tv on cspan2. Were on location at Claremont Mcken in college in claremont, california, where were talking with professor who are authors. John shields has written this book called passing on the right conservative professors in the progressive university. Professor shields, page one you and your coauthor write progressives rule Higher Education and conservatives are so scarce in fact that theyre outnumbered. Guest
But there will be divergence as well. The way the differences tend to be around issues of social welfare policy and by this i mean writ large, education policy, healthcare policy, policies that have to do with children, the elderly, women are more willing to see the government as a positive force in terms of these particular issues more so than men. Women, some parents might it is more sophisticated than that. A more positive attitude towards state involvement providing for healthcare, supporting education, supporting childcare, supporting Maternal Health and other Health Issues as well. The other arena is around issues of Foreign Policy and peace. These are not stereotypical differences between men and women but women are much less, women are more reluctant to see the National Government involve the United States in military conflicts abroad. Women are less likely to support the use of force by the military by the us political system. Women are more likely to be supportive of issues t
Wouldnt be understating the intolerance that exists there. And you know i think the right should not copy the politics of the left by overstating the intolerance that does exist. Host professor, have universities always been largely liberal institutions . Guest yeah for very long time, that certainly the case. We dont have very good survey data prior to the 60s but a lot of the evidence that does exist that University Faculties were quite liberal throughout the 20th century certainly so they have been ripped liberal for very long time. They do seem to have become more liberal in the 60s and 70s the new left and particularly as feminists entered the universities in the 70s. It drifts to the left but its been a broadly liberal institution for a long time. Having said that the political makeup of the university is defined this way so its much more conservative than the Natural Science for example that in the social sciences or the humanities and within the social science its berries as we
Act of justice. They have not engage in some of the Critical Thinking activities about narratives, about deconstructing norms, about understanding where these ideas and its there historical roots of somebodys ideas on why only certain stories get told and not others. What is the process for the storytelling to occur. Wheres the breakdown of . So thinking about all of these components and understanding how others reenact aspects of black femininity which are inconsistent with our existence or which we may find funny in some spaces but are actually demeaning or insulting and others. They have got to be able to differentiate and so i think in a curriculum that you are developing, any ideas for ways of talking to young people about those things are very valuable. The other thing that is important and other programs are doing is teaching girls how to construct their own narrative based on their own experiences how to ask questions that they feel are being asked or if they look at something