Jason L. Riley
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Jason L. Riley | |
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| Born | July 8, 1971 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | State University of New York (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Naomi Schaefer Riley (married 2004–present) |
| Website | www |
Jason L. Riley (born July 8, 1971)[1][failed verification] is an American journalist, scholar, and pundit. He is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and has appeared on the Journal Editorial Report, other Fox News programs and C-SPAN.[2]
Biography and publications
Riley was born in Buffalo, New York. He is the son of Lee Riley of Buffalo and the late Ola Riley. His father retired as a social worker at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, a residential psychiatric treatment hospital.[1] He earned a bachelor's of arts degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo and began his career in journalism working for the Buffalo News and USA Today.[3] He joined The Wall Street Journal in 1994 as a copyreader on the national news desk in New York. In April 1996, he was named to the newly created position of editorial interactive editor, and joined the editorial board in 2005.[4]
Riley is the author of four books. In 2008, he published Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders,[5] which argues for a more free-market oriented U.S. immigration system.[3] The Amazon social cataloging site, Goodreads, states that, "In lucid, jargon-free prose, Riley takes on the most common anti-immigrant complaints, including claims that today’s immigrants overpopulate the United States, steal jobs, depress wages, don’t assimilate, and pose an undue threat to homeland security." [6]
In 2014, Riley published Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed.[7] The book was praised by Thomas Sowell of National Review, who wrote "Pick up a copy and open pages at random to see how the author annihilates nonsense."[8] The New York Times Book Review critic Orlando Patterson, however, described one chapter as "thoroughly misinformed [which] not only trots out the usual inaccuracies about hip hop's influence but, failing to recognize the diversity of African-American cultures, proceeds to libel the entire group".[9]
In his 2017 book False Black Power?,[10] Riley argues economic success is a more important strategy for the empowerment of black people than dependence on political leadership.[11]
According to Salon, "The American left should start paying attention to The Wall Street Journal's Jason Riley. His name is on the rise".[12]
Personal life
Riley married his wife Naomi Schaefer Riley, also a journalist, in 2004. They currently reside in New York with their three children.[1][13]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Naomi Schaefer, Jason Riley". The New York Times. May 23, 2004.
- ^ Appearances on C-SPAN
- ^ a b Jason L. Riley, Manhattan Institute biography.
- ^ Jason Riley, editorial board member, The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders, Amazon.
- ^ [1] Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders
- ^ "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed", Heritage Foundation, June 23, 2014.
- ^ Thomas Sowell, "A new book brilliantly explains how policies designed to help blacks end up harming them", National Review, July 8, 2014.
- ^ Orlando Patterson, Reviews: Please Stop Helping Us and Shame, The New York Times, March 2, 2015.
- ^ False Black Power?, Amazon.
- ^ "Conservative Author Offers Contrarian View of Black Power", Reed Magazine, May 28, 2018.
- ^ Ian Blair, "The right’s favorite new race guru: Why you should know Jason Riley", Salon.com, July 11, 2014.
- ^ "Jason L. Riley". jasonrileyonline.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
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