Bo Winegard on Events Taking Place Across Academia: “I Am Terrified”

“I have never been more depressed about the state of truth in the world.”

On June 23rd, Merion West’s Kevin Turner was joined by Bo Winegard, a former professor at Marietta College whose firing earlier this year received international attention.

As chronicled in Inside Higher Ed, Mr. Winegard:

“…was fired because he dared to talk about human population variation and got slandered as a eugenicist.”

Mr. Winegard’s firing, as well as Merion West’s subsequent interview with him, took place before George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, which has sparked a wider movement aimed at advancing social justice causes in most areas of life, including inside the academy.

“My firing was before this much madness and craziness. It is odd, but I am kind of happy about that; it means I got some attention. Otherwise, I would be lost in the mix of the people who are taken out now.”