Erec Smith – Free Black Thought
Dec 01, 2023•55 min
Episode description
0:00 Is “black heterodoxy” a euphemism for “black conservatism”?
13:34 Classical liberalism’s role in Free Black Thought
15:07 Erec: I saw things while working as a diversity officer that I can’t unsee
22:47 Why the Democratic Party doesn’t like Erec
30:38 How Free Black Thought is fostering agency in the black community
36:16 Erec: The onus is on us, not affirmative action, to prepare black students for college
45:19 What is rhetoric, anyway?
Recorded November 13, 2023
Links and Readings
Erec’s nonprofit, Free Black Thought
Journal of Free Black Thought
Minnesota’s Take Charge program
Glenn’s essay in the Journal of Free Black Thought, “Wrestle Not against Flesh and Blood”
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