Scholarship?
Listen, y'all...Umar says that he is a scholar, right? He says this very often, so I'm sure he believes this to be true.
But I'd like to compare Umar with other scholars.
There is a gentleman named Craig Steven Wilder. Mr. Wilder is a historian who wrote a book called Ebony & Ivy, detailing how slavery and the slave trade played a crucial role in the development of Ivy League schools.
Notice that Mr. Wilder's book was published by Bloomsbury Press in 2014.
A gentleman named Tobias Kelly, a social anthropologist, wrote a book called This Side of Silence: Human Rights, Torture, and the Recognition of Cruelty. This book discusses the intersection between post-Cold war conflict, human rights activism, medical notions of suffering, concerns about immigration and how all those topics affect notions of trauma and law.* His book was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
*paraphrased from Amazon.com summary
Dr. Joy DeGruy, who I am an admirer of, self-published her book, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Legacy and Healing.
However, anyone can go onto the sister's website and find her curriculum vitae. I notice that one cannot do the same on Umar's website(s).
Now, here's what I'm thinking. If Umar is as popular and well-respected by colleges and universities, in addition to being as scholarly as he claims to be, why not get his book published by a university, such as the University of Pennsylvania Press, or by a major publishing house.
Or, if Umar chooses to self-publish, which he has, why not back up his words with his curriculum vitae, showing his education, his work experience, and the names of the studies he's participated in as part of his scholarship, for all who want to see. Rather, he screams, curses, name-calls, jumps up and down, hoops and hollers, and otherwise acting a blithering fool, in an attempt to make people just take his word, and his word alone, for who and what he says he is.
If Umar is a REAL scholar, why would it be such a problem to show and prove it?
If Umar were able to definitively show and prove who and what he is, I believe folk would let him be. Because, even if someone didn't like him, or agree with his assessments, one couldn't argue with his credentials.
After all, scholars disagree all the time. One professional or scholar can conduct a study on a specific topic and come up with a set of conclusions. And guess what? Another professional or scholar can conduct a study on the same topic and come up with a different set of conclusions. That is the nature of scholarship.
Yet, I've never heard of two scholars, who may disagree, threaten one another, name-call one another, physically threaten one another, 'air' one another out, or curse one another out. And, I've never seen a scholar use social media to record himself or herself doing this.
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But I'd like to compare Umar with other scholars.
There is a gentleman named Craig Steven Wilder. Mr. Wilder is a historian who wrote a book called Ebony & Ivy, detailing how slavery and the slave trade played a crucial role in the development of Ivy League schools.
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| Publication information for the book entitled Ebony & Ivy |
Notice that Mr. Wilder's book was published by Bloomsbury Press in 2014.
A gentleman named Tobias Kelly, a social anthropologist, wrote a book called This Side of Silence: Human Rights, Torture, and the Recognition of Cruelty. This book discusses the intersection between post-Cold war conflict, human rights activism, medical notions of suffering, concerns about immigration and how all those topics affect notions of trauma and law.* His book was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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| Publication information for the book entitled This Side of Silence |
*paraphrased from Amazon.com summary
Dr. Joy DeGruy, who I am an admirer of, self-published her book, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Legacy and Healing.
 |
| Publication information for the book entitled Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome |
However, anyone can go onto the sister's website and find her curriculum vitae. I notice that one cannot do the same on Umar's website(s).
Now, here's what I'm thinking. If Umar is as popular and well-respected by colleges and universities, in addition to being as scholarly as he claims to be, why not get his book published by a university, such as the University of Pennsylvania Press, or by a major publishing house.
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| Why hasn't Umar featured his "scholarship" on his website(s)? |
Or, if Umar chooses to self-publish, which he has, why not back up his words with his curriculum vitae, showing his education, his work experience, and the names of the studies he's participated in as part of his scholarship, for all who want to see. Rather, he screams, curses, name-calls, jumps up and down, hoops and hollers, and otherwise acting a blithering fool, in an attempt to make people just take his word, and his word alone, for who and what he says he is.
If Umar is a REAL scholar, why would it be such a problem to show and prove it?
If Umar were able to definitively show and prove who and what he is, I believe folk would let him be. Because, even if someone didn't like him, or agree with his assessments, one couldn't argue with his credentials.
After all, scholars disagree all the time. One professional or scholar can conduct a study on a specific topic and come up with a set of conclusions. And guess what? Another professional or scholar can conduct a study on the same topic and come up with a different set of conclusions. That is the nature of scholarship.
Yet, I've never heard of two scholars, who may disagree, threaten one another, name-call one another, physically threaten one another, 'air' one another out, or curse one another out. And, I've never seen a scholar use social media to record himself or herself doing this.
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