Race

The Long Road

On Ethical Candor

There is a line from Seinfeld that cuts to the heart of the distinction between sincerity and ethical candor. In a desperate attempt to beat a polygraph machine, Jerry turns to George, a practiced liar,…

Christopher LongNovember 28, 2020

James Baldwin - "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do."

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Open Letter to Our College of Arts & Letters Community

Dear College of Arts & Letters community, “Anger,” Audre Lorde insists, “is an appropriate reaction to racist attitudes, as is fury when the actions arising from those attitudes do not change.”Lorde, Audre. “The Uses of…

Christopher LongJune 5, 2020

The Administrative Life The Liberal Arts The Long Road

Butterflies Pinned

In the winter of 1988, during my freshman year at Wittenberg University, I took Professor Warren Copeland’s Introduction to Ethics: Racism course. This course and its sister, Advanced Ethics: Racism, which I took the following…

Christopher LongJanuary 19, 2015

On Ethical Candor

Open Letter to Our College of Arts & Letters Community

Butterflies Pinned

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