Dr. Lester K. Spence » Neoliberalism

I’m not doing the students good if they’ve seen a film 10 million times already. I’m trying to introduce them to things. I’ll say, “You know there was some good s— made before you wer...

https://www.lesterspence.com/random-thoughts-on-a-thursday/

White Collar Crime prosecutions at all time low. It seems to me that there is a massive decline today in compassion and in moral courage. And I think that, in some ways, both are connected. On so...

https://www.lesterspence.com/thoughts-on-a-tuesday/

I’ve been following the Detroit Lions almost all of my life–I write “almost” because I don’t have memories of any games before 1979 or so. I’ve lived in two cities with better teams�...

https://www.lesterspence.com/on-the-lions-and-charismatic-leadership/

This week a number of journalists have written on the fiscal challenges of the BU Antiracist Center. After having received millions of dollars in support the center has laid off a number of its s...

https://www.lesterspence.com/on-the-bu-antiracist-center-and-kendi/

Been thinking about coming back to writing on the internets. Long story short I wrote one of the first if not the first social science blogs for a while, then transitioned to public writing throu...

https://www.lesterspence.com/is-this-thing-on/

On September 11, 2001 I was a 32 year old professor at Washington University in Saint Louis, making a left turn onto Forest Park on the way to work. As I listened to The Tom Joyner morning show...

https://www.lesterspence.com/mourning-in-american-2017/

Battling Respectability Politics Since 1969

https://www.lesterspence.com/michael-dawson-and-lester-spence-on-neoliberalism/

Battling Respectability Politics Since 1969

https://www.lesterspence.com/knocking-the-hustle-red-emmas-book-readingdiscussion/

A few weeks ago Tom Hall at WYPR interviewed me about the book, one of the first interviews I conducted. Began with a nice version of Cannonball Adderley’s Work Song.

https://www.lesterspence.com/midday-morning-on-knocking-the-hustle/

I recently appeared on The Global African (the last episode unfortunately) to talk about Knocking the Hustle.

https://www.lesterspence.com/the-global-african-on-knocking-the-hustle/