Jun 14, 2020
Relevant links
An excellent long summary of the argument can be found in Science News:
Two summaries of the research are currently viral on twitter:
- Overview of research: https://twitter.com/owasow/status/1265709670892580869
- Role of Media: https://twitter.com/owasow/status/1269357041316818945
For more context, here is an interview about the research that appeared in The New Yorker:
A radio discussion among three Black scholars about protests then and now:
A short summary of the argument from conservative columnist Ross Douthat can be found in his Sunday’s New York Times op-ed column:
A discussion of the effects of protest on the election:
And here’s the academic article:
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley. I received a PhD in African American Studies, an MA in Government and an MA in Statistics from Harvard University. Previously, I co-founded BlackPlanet.com and the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School. I can be reached at owasow -at- gmail -dot- com.