Rich Benjamin | |
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Born | New York City, United States |
Education |
Wesleyan University (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Author, television commentator, cultural critic |
Website |
richbenjamin |
Rich Benjamin is an American cultural critic, anthropologist, and author. Benjamin is perhaps best known for the non-fiction book Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America. [1] [2] [3] He is also a lecturer and a public intellectual, who has discussed issues on NPR, PBS, CNN and MSNBC. [4] His writing appears in The New York Times, [5] The New Yorker, [6] The Guardian [7] and the Los Angeles Times/ [8]
Benjamin's work focuses on US politics and culture, comparative world politics, money, class, Blacks, Whites, Latinos, public policy, global cultural transformation, and demographic change. [6] [8]
Benjamin has been contributing essays to The New Yorker since 2017. [9]
He has presented a talk at a conference on decentralization. [10]
Benjamin's book was the subject of a TED Talk that has been viewed more than 2.8 million times. [11] The book has received coverage on NPR [12] and MSNBC. [13]
In 2021 Benjamin delivered the Poynter Lecture at Yale Law School on "conservatism and Trumpism in the era of digital media—on how right-wing ideology, white fear, and the digital media ecosystem threaten democracy in America." [14]
In 2021, he served as a Fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. [15]
As a doctoral student at Stanford University, Benjamin studied with Professors Tim Lenoir and Terry Winograd, an adviser to the founders of Google.
Rich Benjamin | |
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Born | New York City, United States |
Education |
Wesleyan University (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Author, television commentator, cultural critic |
Website |
richbenjamin |
Rich Benjamin is an American cultural critic, anthropologist, and author. Benjamin is perhaps best known for the non-fiction book Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America. [1] [2] [3] He is also a lecturer and a public intellectual, who has discussed issues on NPR, PBS, CNN and MSNBC. [4] His writing appears in The New York Times, [5] The New Yorker, [6] The Guardian [7] and the Los Angeles Times/ [8]
Benjamin's work focuses on US politics and culture, comparative world politics, money, class, Blacks, Whites, Latinos, public policy, global cultural transformation, and demographic change. [6] [8]
Benjamin has been contributing essays to The New Yorker since 2017. [9]
He has presented a talk at a conference on decentralization. [10]
Benjamin's book was the subject of a TED Talk that has been viewed more than 2.8 million times. [11] The book has received coverage on NPR [12] and MSNBC. [13]
In 2021 Benjamin delivered the Poynter Lecture at Yale Law School on "conservatism and Trumpism in the era of digital media—on how right-wing ideology, white fear, and the digital media ecosystem threaten democracy in America." [14]
In 2021, he served as a Fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. [15]
As a doctoral student at Stanford University, Benjamin studied with Professors Tim Lenoir and Terry Winograd, an adviser to the founders of Google.