buying professors

[Michael Perelman]

Doug mentioned Shelby Steele.  He came on a television show to discuss my
Class Warfare in the Information Age book with me.  I expected a
mean-spirited Hoover type, but instead, he was warm and friendly.  More
surprisingly, he agreed with everything I said.

I later read his recent book and found virtually nothing agreable.

Doug Henwood wrote:


> By coincidence, I just a deeply moving press release just rolled in
> on the fax machine from Jeff Rosenberg, who does PR for a lot of the
> right wing "identity" groups - the Independent Women's Forum, The
> National Fatherhood Initiative, black conservatives, etc. This one is
> promoting a new group, the Foundation for Academic Standards &
> Tradition (FAST, ha ha ha), and their book, The Diversity Hoax: Law
> Students Report From Berkeley. Apparently right-wing students feel
> persecuted at Boalt - even "moderate Democrats," boo-hoo. Shelby
> Steele thinks it's a great book.
>
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu