Harvard Canceled Its Best Black Professor. Why? (mini-doc)

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Roland Fryer was an unlikely Harvard superstar. Abandoned by his mom at birth and raised by an alcoholic dad, Fryer became the youngest black professor to ever secure tenure at Harvard and won the prestigious John Bates Clark Medal, the prize for the best economist under 40 in the world.

Fryer’s research routinely upended the woke orthodoxies dominating academia. But not on purpose; Fryer isn’t partisan. He’s only interested in digging up truth, no matter what it is. Truth, he says, is the key tool for improving the lives of black boys and girls.

Then, in 2018, Fryer’s career was suddenly cut short. Harvard had an official line on why: he’d sexually harassed his staff. Fryer was banned from campus and his multi-million dollar lab was shut down. The few legacy media outlets that did cover the case, such as the New York Times, dutifully repeated the university’s narrative: this punishment was overdue MeToo justice.

No, it wasn’t. Drawing on previously unreported documents and interviews with dozens of Fryer’s friends and colleagues, we reveal his cancellation for what it was: an ideological purge.

CREDITS:

Interviewees:

Glenn Loury
Tanaya Devi
Alex Bell
Stuart Taylor

Animation:
Lex Villena
NODEHAUS Media

Senior Creative:
Josh Oldham

Creative Consultant:
Erin O'Connor

Director of Photography:
Dan Quattro

Music:

Sally and Jase -- Reggie Gordon
Hell Loose -- SLMN
In My Math -- Mos Dub
Best Believe -- P Rock
Visual Audio -- Insight
Blood of the Goat -- A Bronson
No Days Off -- Armand Hammer
Blowser -- SLMN
Broken Past -- SLMN
You Know what I mean -- Jake One
Cazi in lubire -- Morloc

Director and Host:
Rob Montz
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I literally stumbled upon this video after Harvard president Claudine Gay was accused of multiple counts of plagiarism. What amazes me is that this video was shot more than a year before Professor Gay's disastrous testimony before Congress on anti-semitism on college campuses. What's particularly relevant is that in addition to Gay, Harvard professor Lawrence Lobo is also featured in Dr. Gay's plagiarism saga. Wild.

ngana
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As a Harvard Law School grad, I encourage all alumni to cease donating to Harvard until this injustice is rectified. There were already countless reasons to deny Harvard philanthropic funding, this case is the most important reason to do so.

brittanywilliams
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Excellent presentation. The party line described as the "soft porn of black pain, an empty endless recitation of victimhood that gives ample moral pleasure to the audience but actually accomplishes nothing [for black children.]" Roland is a hero.

alleycatt
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Wow. This documentary called out Claudine Gay before most of America ever heard of her. Great job! Too bad for it was not more popular before she was picked for president.

politics
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Roland Fryer should apply for the position of Harvard President.

michaelgallagherMGR
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This is disgusting. Literally millions of kids thrown under the bus for personal gain.

TimMurphy
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As an former professor at a predominantly minority community college, I can tell you Prof. Fryer is 100% on the money.

rdenham
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This is one of the biggest "what goes around comes around" I've ever heard of. I can't imagine the vindication Dr. Fryer is feeling right now.

windhoek_stallion
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Roland Fryer is about 1, 000 times smarter than Claudine Gay. He really is a genius. I wish he was secretary of education.

daveg
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“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” ~ Thomas Sowell

wryltxw
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Nothing more dangerous than a rigorous economist who doesn’t succumb to politics or ego. And you could always tell Roland’s heart is in it.
Great production.

robschaefer
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Amazing!! A similar situation happened to me but by no means on the same scale. I was a brand new teacher straight out of college. My first class room was in an all black school in Chattanooga. The school system had adopted a new curriculum, but it wasn't working. My students began regressing instead of progressing. I had data to prove it. I refused to "get on board" with the mandate from the Central Office. That school year my students went from a 1 to a 5 (the highest) on our state level, yet I was evaluated as ineffective. My students had the highest gains in our entire school system. I helped moved them to read on grade level. I say helped because my students had to do the work. I am still in contact with many of them. What hurts my heart the most is that many of them never obtained a literacy level higher than 5 or 6th grade. My students CAN and DID learn, so what happened after they left my classroom?? Roland's research is spot on!!

ginnyjohnson
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Truth tellers are always feared, never loved, and usually destroyed. This is a disgusting story about a man doing good, seeking and speaking truth and trying to help kids. Look at what they've done to him. Disgusting.

robertcatesby
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Can you imagine? Fryer makes it. Past all the struggles. To be assassinated by two black professors.

beetalius
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Frightening example of how cancelling honest intellectual debate has damaged scholars like Roland Fry and black children. I'm an emeritus professor of public health at Temple University and saw this indoctrination over intellectual honesty evolve over the last 20 years of my career. I couldn't teach under current "cancel culture" conditions - so wrenchingly portrayed here. Thank you for this documentary and the courage to speak the truth.

sherylruzek
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Prof. Roland Fryer has already distinguished himself in the field of economics. Woke cancellation can neither erase nor change this. Harvard is the mountain top. He need not seek another Ivy League teaching position. There are community colleges that he can help. There are think tanks that will be more than willing to open their doors to his kind of research. There are rich individuals that believe in his work and can bankroll his research. He has options, and will use whichever he chooses to continue making a positive difference in society.

nathanngumi
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I've noticed a degrading of our country when the pursuit of excellence is deemed uncool and makes smart kids outsiders. It's been a slur for decades to be called a nerd, is it worse in the black community for smart kids? This seems to be the case. Roland sounds like a guy who is actually doing something constructive in the world, not just talking. The world needs more Rolands. Truth matters!

lavenderbee
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There's a lot about the real problems of America that needs to be revealed and believed. Corruption, both ideological and political, has become a cancer on our future and it's hiding behind a "save the kittens" false face. Thank you for this thoroughly riveting portrayal. I hope Mr. Fryer will live long enough to experience a triumphant redemption from his obscene betrayal.

birdbathbash
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"They pay you for that sh*t?" - Grandma
Extremely valid question, Grandma

trentp
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He was canceled by Claudine Gay? He should put that on his resume; badge of honor.

owenkeller