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Jason Arday, Racism in Academia + Bad Bunny Reaches Legendary Status | Essential ELR 8.18.26
The show opens with a serious discussion about the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday and the plagiarism allegations that preceded his resignation. Ebro, Laura and Rosenberg focus less on adjudicating the allegations themselves and more on what they describe as the disproportionate media scrutiny surrounding Arday, particularly after the university that awarded his doctorate reportedly cleared him of wrongdoing. They argue that the intensity of the coverage cannot be separated from race, especially given that one of the figures publicly challenging Arday had promoted openly…
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