* Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University
* Expert in “gangsta rap” and hip-hop music
* Condemned Bill Cosby’s assertion that black Americans should embrace education, be more law-abiding, and learn to speak proper English
* Member of the Democratic Socialists of America
* Believes that the 9/11 attacks were “predictable to a degree due to America’s past imperialistic practices, and how it is viewed by other countries”