Tag: Jonathan

Book Review: “If I Survive You” by Jonathan Escoffery

Jonathan Escoffery’s groundbreaking and trailblazing debut, If I Survive You, is a book that has come with a boatload of hype. It’s not really a novel, because it is a series of eight interlinked short stories. But it’s also not a short story collection, either, as the stories...

Jonathan Majors, Meagan Good and a Cautionary Tale for Black Women

The first time I heard what Jonathan Majors had allegedly done to his girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, I was shocked beyond belief. Beyond the obvious that no one should hurt anyone in a relationship — irrespective of their gender — there was also the elephant in the room. He was a black...

Jonathan Haidt is Wrong: Truth and Social Justice are Compatible in the University

When universities commit to both truth and social justice, do they betray their purpose, their telos? Jonathan Haidt thinks they do. He said so at Duke University on October 6, 2016. His lecture, which bears the unwieldy title “How two incompatible sacred values are driving conf...

Jonathan Majors and the dangers of interracial relationships

I get the feeling and perhaps it is valid that only people who are involved in an interracial union has the right to discuss them. Anyone else will promptly have their view discounted and maligned. Still and all, these relationships must be discussed because they are truly a reflection of much more ...

We Stand Here As Men Who Refute Their Jewishness and Holocaust, Hijacked By an Occupation: Was Jonathan Glazer Right In Making Those Comments?

The Oscars was meant to be about the celebration of the film industry and its outstanding performers in the last year. And yet, the main talking point on people’s lips was the speech which was given by the director of the critically acclaimed film, Zone of Interest by Jonathan Gla...