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Every book Carol Swain recommended on podcasts
Carol Swain appears on podcasts to discuss academic integrity, political representation, and historical narratives, drawing from her background as an author and researcher. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Swain discussed her prize-winning first book, Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African-Americans in Congress, noting that it was the book plagiarized by Harvard's former president. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Swain and host Jordan B. Peterson analyzed William G. Bowen and Derek Bok's book The Shape of the River. Swain explained how the publication of that work coincided with her public questioning of affirmative action and her advocacy for class-based, race-neutral policies, which caused her to fall out of favor with academic elites. Additionally, during her appearance on the same podcast, Swain brought up Booker T. Washington's autobiography Up From Slavery to illustrate how progressive thinkers have attempted to label historical works that challenge their political narratives as works of fiction. Throughout her podcast appearances, Swain uses these literary works and historical texts to contextualize modern debates surrounding race, higher education, plagiarism, and the ideological shifts within elite American institutions, offering a critical perspective on contemporary social and political controversies.
Books recommended by Carol Swain
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Black Faces, Black Interests
Discussed“my prize winning first book Black Faces black interest the representation of African-Americans in Congress was the book that was plagarized”
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The shape of the river
Discussed“You were asking questions; for me, I think I fell out of favor when Bowen and Bok published "The Shape of the River" and I started talking about affirmative action. I wrote an op-ed piece favoring class-based, race-neutral affirmative action; that was not what the elites wanted and marked part of the beginning of the end for me.”
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Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery is the autobiography of Booker T.
Discussed“I'm sure you have heard or you're familiar with the fact that there are progressives who have labeled Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery as a fiction, a work of fiction.”
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“I earned early tenure on the basis of my book Black Faces, Black Interests, the representation of African Americans in Congress. It was my first book. It's the one that won three national prizes, was cited by the Supreme Court.”