Wilfred Reilly

Wilfred Reilly is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Southern Illinois University and a law degree from the University of Illinois.[1] Reilly's research focuses on empirical testing of political claims which are often very influential but, he claims, rarely well-supported by scientific data.

Wilfred Reilly
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Education
ThesisThe Effect of Racial Status and Other Core Characteristics on Collective Self-Esteem: A Quantitative Test of Divergent Theories of Identity Valuation (2015)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
InstitutionsKentucky State University

Work

Hate Crime Hoax

Reilly's book Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War, was published by Regnery Publishing in February 2019.[2] For the book, Reilly assembled a data set of 409 allegedly false or dubious hate crime allegations (concentrated during the past five years), which he describes as hoaxes on the basis of reports in mainstream national or regional news sources. Reilly claims this data set is available to anyone who requests it.[3] He uses this data to support his claim that a substantial percentage of all hate crime allegations must be hoaxes, given that, per his analysis, only about 7,000 reported hate crimes take place in a typical year, and at most 8-10% of these receive the national or regional reporting that is required for inclusion in his data set.[4] In the wake of the Jussie Smollett alleged assault, Reilly authored an editorial outlining his case in USA Today.[5] After interviewing Reilly, the Washington Post argued that hate crimes are on the rise and a relatively small percentage of allegations are hoaxes, but quoted him as saying "It’s politicization to say there’s a massive surge of hate" under President Trump and that political liberals tend to characterize all hate crimes as "attacks on innocent people of color" when "you don't know what happened".[2]

Reilly, who is African American, has appeared or been quoted in television, radio and print media outlets,[6][3][7][8] claiming that many or most recent high profile hate crimes (e.g. Jussie Smollett, Yasmin Seweid) have turned out to be hoaxes.[9][10]

Other work

On April 21, 2016, Reilly participated in a regionally televised debate against alt-right personality Jared Taylor.[11][12] Reilly argued for the social value of diversity, contending that it makes life "more interesting, civilized, and fun," and using published research to point out that mono-racial societies (e.g. Bosnia, Somalia) are often no more peaceful or less conflicted than multi-racial societies, due to the greater prevalence of tribal in-fighting within them.[13] Taylor took the anti-diversity position.

Reilly's PhD thesis, submitted in 2015, was titled The Effect of Racial Status and Other Core Characteristics on Collective Self-Esteem: A Quantitative Test of Divergent Theories of Identity Valuation.[14] In 2019, he published a summary of his thesis in Commentary magazine.[3][15]

In January 2020, Reilly published Taboo, a book in which he argues that certain race, gender, and class issues can no longer be discussed in mainstream American society.

Views

In 2016, Reilly criticized then-candidate Donald Trump for allegedly dog-whistling to the alt-right, and described the 2016 United States presidential campaign as "shining light on some dark corners of the Internet."[16]

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References
  1. "KSU Assistant Political Science Professor Dr. Wilfred Reilly's new book explores 'Privilege and Pride'". Kentucky State University. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. McCoy, Terrence (February 23, 2019). "'An orchestrated attack against truth': How the clash over hate crimes has become one more 'culture war'". Washington Post. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  3. Reilly, Wilfred (April 2019). "Hate Crime Hoaxes, and Why They Happen". Commentary. 147 (4): 13–21.
  4. Reilly, Wilfred (2019). Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Press. ISBN 978-1-62157-778-2.
  5. Reilly, Wilfred (February 22, 2019). "Hate crime hoaxes, like Jussie Smollett's alleged attack, are more common than you think". USA Today. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  6. Ngo, Andy. "Inside the Suspicious Rise of Gay Hate Crimes in Portland" (March 30, 2019). The New York Post.
  7. "Best of the Program – Guests: Dr. Wilfred Reilly, Phillip Klein & Pat Gray – 3/28/19 – Glenn Beck – Omny.fm". omny.fm.
  8. "Mark Davis and Wilfred Reilly on Hate Crime Hoaxes and the Fake Race War". townhallreview.com. March 1, 2019.
  9. Wilfred Reilly (February 18, 2019). "Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War". michaelmedved.com.
  10. How hate crime hoaxes damage society. Fox News. Event occurs at 3:40.
  11. Brown, Hannah. "Diversity Divide: KYSU Professor Debates White Nationalist" (April 21, 2016). The State Journal.
  12. KY Capital Living. "KSU Professor Will Face off in a Debate Challenge with White Nationalist Jared Taylor". kycapitalliving.com.
  13. Blair, Monique. "Racial diversity debate between White Nationalist and KSU professor held Thursday night". www.wkyt.com.
  14. Reilly, Wilfred T. (2015). "The Effect of Racial Status and Other Core Characteristics on Collective Self-Esteem A Quantitative Test of Divergent Theories of Identity Valuation" (PDF). Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  15. Reilly, Wilfred (June 2019). "DDs and PPs – the Privileged Poor". Commentary. 147 (6).
  16. Kwong, Matt. "By linking Trump with hate groups, Clinton spotlights the 'alt-right'". www.cbc.ca.
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