Musa al-Gharbi
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The Fall of the Meritocracy
Sarah Leonard - The New Republic 13d 3 tweets
Ultra-educated, highly paid, overworked elites are not partners in the struggle to reform an unequal system.
Why Trump won and could win again | Robert Wright & Musa al-Gharbi [The Wright Show]
YouTube 499d 2 tweets
0:38 Is the anti-Trump sentiment of scholars biasing their research? 8:36 Busting demographic myths about the 2016 election 17:46 Status threat vs. economic ...
Redirecting...
Natl.io 9d 1 tweets
Ideological Discrimination in Academia Is More Complicated than You Think
National Review 9d 8 tweets
Faculty feel less threatened by the opinions of undergraduates than by those of Ph.D. students and their peers.
S1:EP12: Musa Al Gharbi | The Actual Beneficiaries of “White Privilege” and Misconceptions of Trump’s Supporters
Keepingitcivil.podbean.com 11d 3 tweets
Al Gharbi’s remarkable life story and the smear campaign that drove him from Univ. of Arizona (5:30); How getting attacked by Fox News spurred his experiment in framing arguments, which changed his life (8:30). Debunking the sociological myths of...
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Musa al-Gharbi Provocative interview on identity, representation, inequality, race, Trump -- and why we keep talking (and seeing) past one-another on these issues. Give it a listen! Some people who may enjoy the conversation: 11d
Musa al-Gharbi Conversation on identity, representation, inequality, race, Trump -- and why Americans keep talking (and seeing) past one-other on these issues: May be of interest, , , , , 11d
‎Keeping It Civil: S1:EP12: Musa Al Gharbi | The Actual Beneficiaries of “White Privilege” and Misconceptions of Trump’s Supporters on Apple Podcasts
Apple Podcasts 11d 3 tweets
‎Show Keeping It Civil, Ep S1:EP12: Musa Al Gharbi | The Actual Beneficiaries of “White Privilege” and Misconceptions of Trump’s Supporters - Sep 6, 2019
Musa al-Gharbi I sat down with Duncan Moench for the podcast, "Keeping It Civil" to discuss identity, inequality, race and Trump. Also, some great discussion about how we keep talking, and seeing, past one-another on these issues. Give it a listen! 11d
Musa al-Gharbi I sat down with Duncan Moench for the podcast, "Keeping It Civil" to discuss identity, inequality, race, #Trump -- and why we keep talking (and seeing) past one-another on these issues. Give it a listen! 11d
No, Trump Rallies Didn't Increase Hate Crimes by 226 Percent
Reason.com 12d 14 tweets
In fact, they didn’t have any detectable impact at all.
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Musa al-Gharbi File this as another entry in glaring errors in social research getting through institutional gatekeepers who know better and achieving wide acclaim in the media -- with no one noticing the obvious flaw -- because it confirms their preferred narratives 12d
Universities Can Be Part of the Solution to America's Civic Crises - HxA
Heterodox Academy 12d 6 tweets
Education often exacerbates unfortunate tendencies among those who take part -- to the detriment of our civic culture. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Musa al-Gharbi The problem isn't that we provoke students towards social justice or activism -- it's that we get them all amped up on making a difference without providing them with the practical knowledge or skills to realize those aspirations: 12d
Musa al-Gharbi "Refining people’s affirmative capacities is not about undermining activism or legitimizing the status quo. In fact, it is absolutely essential for effective social change..." 12d
Musa al-Gharbi Universities do a great job honing students' *critical* capacities -- but what of their *affirmative* ones? These are not prioritized in contemporary higher education. To our detriment: 12d
Academe should avoid politicizing educational attainment (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
Insidehighered.com 22d 13 tweets
Musa al-Gharbi warns of the dangers of politicizing educational attainment.
A Q&A With the Man Who Called Bret Stephens a Bedbug
Ben Mathis-Lilley - Slate Magazine 22d 18 tweets
David Karpf on incivility, the Streisand effect, and provost tattletaling.
Academe should avoid politicizing educational attainment (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
Insidehighered.com 22d 14 tweets
Musa al-Gharbi warns of the dangers of politicizing educational attainment.
Musa al-Gharbi "It may be emotionally satisfying for academics and intellectuals to disparage or patronize the less educated and their political allegiances, but this condescension is unearned." 22d
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Musa al-Gharbi As , , and others have shown, many social elites (sometimes willfully) fail to understand the social position they occupy -- as well as how their actions/ interactions perpetuate inequality and social polarization 22d
Musa al-Gharbi Regarding the recent debate about I.Q. and what it means (or more aptly, doesn't) -- I think you will enjoy this frontal assault on academic and political elitism, : (cc: ) 22d
The Real Problem At Yale Is Not Free Speech
Palladium Magazine 44d 26 tweets
Yale, and other elite colleges, have been rocked by controversies and protests. The problem is an elite that has forgotten itself, neglected its institutions, and fallen into ideological frenzy.
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Musa al-Gharbi Excellent essay by -- well captures a lot of my own bewilderment in my journey from community college to the Ivy League, with elites trying very hard to deny that they are elite -- and sometimes convincing themselves 38d
Political Disparities in the Academy: It’s More Than Self-Selection
SpringerLink 47d 3 tweets
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Chronicle.com 47d 4 tweets
Too Noxious for Tenure?
The Chronicle of Higher Education 48d 16 tweets
Academic freedom was invented to protect scholars with reprehensible views.
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Musa al-Gharbi I agree with on this point. Many describe the Wax controversy as a difficult case but, as I explain here, it shouldn't be. Tenure was *literally* created to ensure that academics could argue even more extreme versions of Wax's views 47d
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Musa al-Gharbi We should be working to complete, rather than undermine, the project started by Dewey, the and the -- ensuring a larger swath of the intellectual community enjoys the protections afforded to Wax 47d
Jobs
Heterodox Academy 68d 8 tweets
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Musa al-Gharbi Looking for a new position? is hiring: Academic Communications Director Administrative Assistant Event Planner Marketing Manager Memberships Manager Research Project Manager Senior Researcher (Interventions) Senior Researcher (Metrics) 53d
Higher Ed Insitutions Shape Local, Regional Politics
Heterodox Academy 54d 5 tweets
Most of what can be said about the impact of military bases on local communities and thier politics also seems to hold true for colleges and universities.
Musa al-Gharbi I think is right to point out that campuses and their politics are significantly affected by the broader milieu they are embedded in. However, they also exert a significant influence over local, regional (even national) politics in turn 54d
Musa al-Gharbi The commodification of higher education not only distorts on-campus politics, but also local and regional politics in universities' surrounding communities: 54d
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Musa al-Gharbi To understand the ways universities can impact local and regional (even national) politics, military bases may provide a helpful analogy: 54d
I am George Ciccariello-Maher. If you're a scholar, so are you.
Musa al-Gharbi 55d 1 tweets
Former Drexel Professor George Ciccariello-Maher was trying to provoke the right, but in the current academic climate -- generated by the right and the left -- any of us could end up like him, at any time, and for any reason. This cannot be allowed...
Musa al-Gharbi It also makes it harder for her institution to defend her. Even universities which are initially committed to defending academic freedom can be worn down by constant new outrages involving the same person. George Ciccariello-Maher's case seems instructive 55d
Why Conservatives Must Reject Trump’s Homonationalism
Musa al-Gharbi 55d 1 tweets
Trump's homonationalism not only undermines LGBTQ advocacy, but it threatens religious liberty and freedom of conscience for Muslims and Christians alike.
Musa al-Gharbi I've explored both of these points in previous essays written in response to Trump's #MuslimBan, see() and () 55d
Racially Profiling "Jihadists" Sounds Like Common Sense. Here's Why It Doesn't Work
Musa al-Gharbi 55d 1 tweets
Donald Trump has repeatedly called for law enforcement to begin profiling (based on ethnicity or religion) to intercept terrorists. This is a bad idea.
Musa al-Gharbi I've explored both of these points in previous essays written in response to Trump's #MuslimBan, see() and () 55d