EP. 242.5 — Fraud Friday: The Perfidious Professor w/ Langston Kerman

Aye… It’s Friday con-gregation! We re-visit our episode with Langston Kerman to unpack how an associate professor thinks white is the new black. No tanks, boiiiiii. Stay schemin!

This was originally released October 20, 2020.

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Research by Sharilyn Vera

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/us/jessica-krug-gwu-black-trnd/index.html

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/gw-professor-resigns-after-falsely-claiming-black-identity/2414247/

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/09/10/911391817/george-washington-professor-resigns-after-scandal-over-fake-racial-identity

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