Don't dress for the job you have,

Dress for the job you want!

As I may have mentioned once or twice before, I will be appearing at New College of Florida on Tuesday, October 8 (assuming there’s not another hurricane) to display graphs of federal CDC data on fatality trends in homicide and motor vehicle accident victimizations to show how the celebrated Black Lives Matter movement backfired and wound up getting thousand of incremental black lives murdered and splattered on the asphalt by discouraging pro-active policing of bad drivers and low-lifes packing illegal handguns.

UPDATE: Hurricane Milton appears to be headed directly for the western coast of Florida just as I’d need to fly out to D.C.:

Well, we shall see…

My efforts to raise awareness of how to save black lives, however, have been greeted with horror by legacy press outlets like The Guardian of London and The Atlantic. What is the world coming to, they wonder, when Steve Sailer is no long banned from publicly pointing out how to save black lives?

Thus, from the Miami New Times:

Black Miami Historian May Don KKK Garb for New College of Florida Panel Discussion

Marvin Dunn will participate in a panel discussion with controversial author Steve Sailer, a champion of eugenics.

By Zulekha Pitts

October 4, 2024

Dr. Marvin Dunn, a Black historian prominent in Miami and beyond, took to social media to announce that he'll don an outfit reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan when he participates in a panel discussion at the New College of Florida next week in Sarasota.

The assertion is a provocative response to the presence on the panel of Steve Sailer, a right-wing extremist who espouses eugenics under the guise of "human biodiversity."

"I will be wearing an outfit like this next week when the white nationalist who believes Blacks are genetically inferior to whites, Steve Sailer, speaks at New College," Dunn posted earlier this week on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "Yes, seriously. I am having it made as we speak."

The roster for the October 8 event, "A Discussion on Crime in the 21st Century," also includes conservative Black academic Wilfred Reilly. The moderator, Mark Bauerlein, is a vocal opponent of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), whom Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to the New College's board of trustees in 2023.

Dunn says he initially declined the invitation to the panel because of scheduling conflicts. After learning of Sailer's involvement, he cleared his calendar.

"I was added very recently," the FIU emeritus professor tells New Times. "When I found out Sailer was being invited, I called them and said, 'I'll come over.' I changed my calendar to be able to be there for that panel."

Dunn says it was his disgust at the thought of Sailer espousing his views to students, seemingly without rebuttal, that prompted his pivot.

"It's sickening that they would have a racist paid to speak to students on a Floridian university campus. I'm outraged," Dunn says. "Why do we need this man coming and telling young people that Black people are inferior to white people? It's outrageous. It's sickening. But given what's happened at New College in the last several months, it's predictable."

Anybody know who this guy is? I realize all white men of a certain age look alike, but still …

The small, public liberal arts college has been in turmoil since DeSantis installed a conservative board of trustees last year, leading to the departure of nearly a third of both the faculty and the student population. Dunn laments the changes, calling them an aggressive attack on what was once a safe space for students who saw New College as a refuge for those who felt "different."

"It was vicious. It was unprofessional. A lot of very good professors lost their jobs that chose to leave, same for many students," says Dunn. "It turned the school inside out from what used to be a safe, wonderful place for students who define themselves as being different and can go and not be harassed, and that's what we lost. That's what Florida lost."

As the event date draws near, Dunn hints that he might rethink his choice to wear the Klan garb. "I'll make that decision at another time closer to the event," he tells New Times.

That said, he has no intention of backing down from confrontation. "I can get attacked. It's a right-wing school now. That could happen," he admits.

Robes or no robes, he'll be there, he assures. "I'm 84," Dunn says. "I don't have anything to lose. I'm not trying to be a martyr," he adds.

While Dunn anticipates some form of security for the event, he notes that the college has already contacted him with concerns about his statements on social media.

"The college had somebody call me to ask, 'Dr. Dunn, we're looking at your tweets. Are you going to be civil?' They asked me that over the phone," Dunn says. "'I'm a Morehouse graduate. I'm a former naval officer. I've never been uncivil in my life,' was my response."

… “Why doesn't Sailer go to FAMU? I'll meet him there, too. Let's go to FAMU and talk this crap. No, they pick on the little guy. And that's what cowards do."

Tickets for the panel discussion at 6 PM on Tuesday, October 8 are free but finite. Sign up here.