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Donald Earl Collins

PhD
Contributing Writer, Opinions
Al Jazeera English
Country or state 
United States
Available to 
Global
City 
Olney
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
America/Toronto

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Bio

Donald Earl Collins has written for more than twenty years on topics such as the US id and Black identity, US racism and narcissism, multiculturalism, and education reform. He is a contributing writer for Al Jazeera English-Opinions. Collins' articles have also appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Salon, NBC News THINK, The Guardian, HuffPost, The Hill, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. His Substack Fool's Gold: Confessions From an Educated Fool takes on similar social justice and education themes, but from a more personal perspective. Collins is also the author of Fear of a “Black” America: Multiculturalism and the African American Experience (2004), Boy @ The Window: A Memoir (2013), and the forthcoming Spinning Sage's Gold: Allegories on the Western-Dominated Present and a Possible Post-Western Future.

Current position (2)

Contributing Writer, Opinions

Al Jazeera English

Freelance Writer

Self Employed

Degrees (3)
History
Carnegie Mellon University
1993 to 1997
History
University of Pittsburgh
1991 to 1992
History
University of Pittsburgh
1987 to 1991

Presentations

Presentations (5)
Fear vs. Narcissism Interview on We The People with David Whettstone, WPFW-FM Pacifica Radio DC

Whether in the United States or the world, narcissism combined with racism -- critically combined -- threatens us all, particularly communities of color. What is to become of our future?

https://wpfwfm.org/radio/programming/archived-shows

The Fake and the Real in American Culture

A one-hour Zoom talk and Q & A with Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York about my March 2021 article on what is and isn't real about the term 'cancel culture' and the (mostly incorrect ways) Americans have tended to use the term, especially on issues of racism and misogyny.

https://www.polyprep.org/news/poly-connected-tackles-cancel-culture/

The State of Education in 2022: Returning to Normal?

A one-hour conversation on the Eliminate The Gap Podcast about the state of K-16 education in the US in the wake of Donald Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic, attacks on Black history, critical race theory, and queer authors, and other issues that have created a crisis over the previous 30 years.

https://eliminate-the-gap.castos.com/podcasts/21630/episodes/etg-donald-...

Is America Permanently Broken?

A 20-minute interview I did with Australian Broadcasting Company's The Signal podcast, in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and uprising and on my April 2020 Al Jazeera Article, "America is not just a failing state, it is a failed experiment."

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-signal/is-america-permanently-...

The Past, Present, and Future of the American University: Putting the Perpetual and Worsening Crisis

A 10-minute video presentation as part of a conference panel at the Organization of American Historians' 2023 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles in March 2023.

"There is nothing to be optimistic about regarding US higher education and the role of academic historians in it. Adjunctification, declining enrollments, a focus on prestige via fundraising, business-centric practices and conservative politics have made academia into a toxic place for academic freedom and student expression."

https://youtu.be/2ynmN9wc-wQ

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Books & Articles (24)

Spinning Sage's Gold: Allegories on the Western-Dominated Present and a Possible Post-Western Future
The Elephant's Room,
2025
Boy @ The Window: A Memoir
Donald Earl Collins,
2013
Fear of a "Black" America: Multiculturalism and the African American Experience
iUniverse,
2004
From fringe to federal: The rise of eugenicist thinking in US policy
The great collapse of US higher education has begun
The American Dream is officially over
No, ‘nerds’ and their technologies are not going to save the world
For US Conservatives, DEI is code for ‘Don’t Ever Integrate’
There Will Be Blood With Mass Protests
The US Has Always Been the Gestapo
On Trump’s Racism and Black Brilliance
What Star Trek’s Treatment of Its Black Captains Tells Us About DEI
"Good" White Folk, Y’all Need to Take a Deep Breath
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/12/13/with-words-they-try-to-jail-us-us-universities-are-not-citadels-of-freedom
Jamie Foxx's Misguided Therapy and Worship Session
Trump 2.0 will not be like anything we have seen before
Obama’s Comments Reveal What the Democratic Party Thinks About the Black Electorate
America’s promises of racial justice remain unfulfilled and untrustworthy
Critical Race Theory? No, Critical Race Fact
Misogynoir in sports: How Black women athletes are devalued
The Future Can’t Feed on Wonder Bread
Nothing Sacred: From Jefferson to Jan. 6, America's Toxic Mythologies Are Destroying Us
American Culture Sees Blackness as the Damage It Did to Us, Not the Joy We Take in Ourselves
America Isn't Just a Failing State, It Is a Failed Experiment

Expertise (16)

Social & Political
Entertainment & Art
Education
Media & Marketing
Leadership
Racism narcissism US History African American History African American culture K-16 Education American Identity Anti-Racism Futurism critical race theory Afrofuturism
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Between writing on social justice & professor-ing on the US/racism, I've said much & will say more.

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