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Ep. 1407 Does Study of the Middle Ages Have a "White Supremacy" Problem?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Fulton Brown, a professor of history at the University of Chicago, has been at the center of a controversy within medieval studies over race and "white supremacy" within the field. The New York Times recently published a report indicating that if anything the controversy is heating up.

Show notes for Ep. 1407

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0:00.0

The Tom Wood Show, episode 14007.

0:03.1

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0:07.7

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0:13.9

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0:35.2

Hi, everybody. Tom Woods here. Rachel Fulton Brown is back with us today. There have been a

0:39.0

couple of articles in the press pertaining to medieval studies, and that is her field.

0:43.8

And these articles have had to do with the controversy within the field that's coming from

0:48.5

the so-called social justice warriors who want to attack what they perceive as alleged white

0:54.1

supremacy within the field.

0:57.1

And Rachel Fulton Brown has been at the center of this controversy because she's having none of this

1:02.0

craziness.

1:03.5

So I thought it's a good time to get an update what's going on.

1:06.3

Rachel Fulton Brown is Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago.

1:12.2

She's the author most recently of Mary and the Art of Prayer, the Hours of the Virgin in Medieval Christian Life

1:17.6

and Thought, published by Columbia University Press. She holds her PhD from Columbia University,

1:23.7

and I will have on the show notes page, tomwoods.com slash 1407,

1:28.3

various links you can use to find out more about her.

1:31.8

Rachel Fulton Brown, welcome back.

1:33.6

Thank you for having me.

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