Corey Brooks – Changing Black Lives on the South Side of Chicago

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0:00 Why Corey weighed in on the Claudine Gay controversy

3:50 Corey: DEI doesn’t offer anything to those on the fringes of society

10:16 Black opposition to Chicago’s “sanctuary city” status

18:29 Why Corey supports the police

21:47 Support for New Beginnings from outside Chicago

23:25 The Rooftop Pastor

25:00 Corey’s embrace of conservatism

29:56 Project HOOD

33:04 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s closure of test schools

37:02 Class differences within the black community

Recorded January 31, 2024

Links and Readings

New Beginnings Church

Project HOOD

Corey’s Tablet piece, “America Works. DEI Doesn’t.”

Inc covers the Elon Musk-Mark Cuban DEI exchange

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