Maybe Don't Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
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The post cautions against speaking to the New York Times about Zohran Mamdani, sparking a discussion about the construction of narratives in academia and journalism, and the complexities of identity and representation.
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> Full disclosure: I was, in my full-throttle commitment to destroying those heralded civilizational virtues, also chair of the Program in Gay and Lesbian Studies for a while there.
What do the programs in Africana Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies have in common that it would make sense for the same person to chair either department?