so, fredrik, thank you. >> good morning. thank you for coming. like to thank kevin and new america for bringing me here and for commissioning the paper. it's really a great opportunity. i try never to read too much when i present, but i do like to hear myself talk, so if i'm going on a little bit long, you guys can throw something at me. so, i guess the thing that i really want to talk to you all about is why i would happen to come to write a paper like this when i consider myself someone who's still within the liberal arts or the humanities and someone who opposes the sort of corporate turn in higher education. you know, why would i come to write a paper like this? it is the case that now most of my research is quantitative in nature, social scientific and empirical, but i grew up in the humanities and consider myself fundamentally a humanist. so, i want to tell you a little it about where the research came from and how i can try to synthesize those sort of parts of myself. so, like most research, my interest in standardized testing in college c

>> sure, there's an interesting passage, it's in the book from fredrik douglas, former slave and by the way, terrific novel call that turns on, douglas as a character going through ireland he said, i find myself -- this is a direct quote -- i find myself treated here in ireland as a man, not as a color. the irish weren't racist. he said they welcomed him. big crowds turned out for his speeches. but then he said he was appalled by the conditions of the irish peasants. he said only in the american south have i seen anything worse -- being the slaves, of course, the four million slaves -- than the conditions of the irish peasant. then they come to america, and over about ten years where they're told these blacks if they're ever freed will take your jobs, the irish start to pick up racist attitudes. so the big question at the outbreak of the civil war was which side would they be on, because they're told by all their newspapers don't -- we won't fight to free these blacks because they'll come and take your terrible jobs. remember, they have the lowest rung. and this is always the case. if t

the ap reports that the case brought by nadia leonelli and fredrik sundwall alleges in december the voiceo join her in using a vaping pen to inhale caramel flavored water in a bathroom at avenues, a private new york school. according to the ap report, when school officials found out about the incident, the voice of "dora the explorer" was given a three-day suspension while the daughter of the couple who filed the lawsuit was expelled. the couple reportedly arguing their daughter was treated unfairly because she was not a celebrity. >> parents are basically saying the school violated its own rules, that it's so unfair that they should be forced to readmit their daughter. >> reporter: ptacek and her family say they have no comment and as for nickelodeon, it says fatima is a terrific young lady and we hope that this matter can be resolved as a private matter. in a statement the avenues school told "good morning america," avenues has very high standards and follows a fair process when there are infractions. we know students will make mistakes, but we expect them to take accountability for the

blake berman is in fredrik, maryland with the latest. blake, good morning to you.y, good morning, to ide wae about an hour northwest of the white house, the eventual goal for the candidates. ted cruz will be here later today. he will make a stop at the performing center. donald trump has been in maryland, he campaigned in the state eastern part in berlin, kind of by delaware yesterday evening. 38 delegates are in play here in maryland, that is the most of the bound delegates among the five states coming up next tuesday and trump was trying to make the argument the that if he can continue track w's, he can't be stop from now and convention. >> if i win, there's going to be a lot to do with right here, if i win, if i win, we are going to get the nomination, there is no pass for lyin ted cruz to get the nomination. blake: as you heard ted cruz is mathematically eliminated to lock the nomination. he and john kasich were kind of sniping back and forth at each other as to why each of them should stay in the race. here was cruz from yesterday. >> what john kasich is doing

so, fredrik, thank you. >> good morning. thank you for coming. i'd like to thank kevin and new america for bringing me here and for commissioning the paper. it's really a great opportunity. i try never to read too much when i present, but i do like to hear myself talk, so if i'm going on a little bit long, you guys can throw something at me. so, i guess the thing that i really want to talk to you all about is why i would happen to come to write a paper like this when i consider myself someone who's still within the liberal arts or the humanities and someone who opposes the sort of corporate turn in higher education. you know, why would i come to write a paper like this? it is the case that now most of my research is quantitative in nature, social scientific and empirical, but i grew up in the humanities and consider myself fundamentally a humanist. so, i want to tell you a little it about where the research came from and how i can try to synthesize those sort of parts of myself. so, like most research, my interest in standardized testing in colle

unia had become significant enough for that country's president to entertain the officers of the uss fredrikcretary of state received credible warnings that the movement and newspapers who were formenting racial discort in the russian empire. from bothon, fluial pastor wrote an alarm that the increasing number of our own people joining that city's unia is of concern, you owe it to race to give words of warning reverend thompson implored. they will end -- willing to end punish the man who attempts to establish it. the tone of the crisis turned sharper, let the followers insist that he get down to dead-rock business. as 1921 indicated duboise and leadership found themselves repeatedly ridiculed and announced. garvey began assault that would rapidly escalate. on december '21, special agent reported to hoover that inspectors had questioned unia personnel and been seeing leader 135th street with circulars correspondents and copy -- copies of the negro world. hoover who apparently hoped to persuade post master general to drop the charges for a 20,000-dollar consideration, there was to be no deal,