Jason L. Riley
Jason L. Riley | |
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Born | Buffalo, New York, U.S. | July 8, 1971
Nationality | American |
Education | State University of New York (BA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Website | Official website |
Jason L. Riley (born July 8, 1971)
He is the author of several books including Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders (2008), Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed (2014), False Black Power? (2017), and Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell (2021).
Early life and education
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 grew up in a religious household. His mother was Baptist and later converted to become a Jehovah's Witness. He was also baptized as a Jehovah's Witness when he was approximately fifteen years old and left the religion some years later.[4]
He earned a bachelor's of arts degree in English from the
Career
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Riley is the author of five books. In 2008, he published Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders,
In 2014, Riley published Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed.
In his 2017 book False Black Power?,[11] Riley argues economic success is a more important strategy for the empowerment of black people than dependence on political leadership.[12] In 2021, Riley published Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell.[13][14]
Personal life
Riley married Naomi Schaefer Riley, also a journalist, in 2004. They reside in suburban New York City with their three children.[1][15]
Bibliography
- Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders (2008)
- Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed (2014)
- False Black Power? (2017)
- Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell (2021)
- The Black Boom (2022)
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Weddings/Celebrations; Naomi Schaefer, Jason Riley". The New York Times. May 23, 2004.
- ^ Riley, Jason L., 1971-, Library of Congress Linked Data Service
- ^ Appearances on C-SPAN
- RealClearReligion. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
I was baptized a Jehovah's Witness when I was fifteen or so, but I voluntarily left the faith in my late teens.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed", The 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.
- ^ Ian Blair, "The right’s favorite new race guru: Why you should know Jason Riley", Salon.com, July 11, 2014.
- ^ False Black Power?, Amazon.
- ^ "Conservative Author Offers Contrarian View of Black Power", Reed Magazine, May 28, 2018.
- S2CID 237538116.
- ISSN 0277-8432. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Jason L. Riley". jasonrileyonline.com. Retrieved July 21, 2016.