The lynching of Jason Arday
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A public lynching, a media pile-on, and a university that should have stopped it but didn't. This episode goes straight at the Jason Arday story and asks the question everyone should be confronting now: how did a respected black professor become the target of a three-and-a-half-year campaign that ended in tragedy? Kehinde breaks down the pressure campaign from the right-wing press, the role of race in the scrutiny, and why the usual "wait for the facts" response collapses when the facts have already been twisted into a weapon. He makes it clear that the story was never really about plagiarism or credentials, but about a racist mob, institutional cowardice, and a failure to back someone who was clearly under attack. Kehinde also connects this to a broader pattern that anyone in academia will recognize - the scrutiny, the PR optics, the selective outrage, and the way institutions protect themselves while abandoning the person at the centre. It's a furious, unsparing episode about responsibility, cowardice, and what solidarity should look like when it actually matters. Essential listening if you care about media accountability, race in public life, or the cost of staying silent when a smear campaign is unfolding in front of you. We are also share part of a lecture delivered by professor Arday at Anglia Ruskin University, please do check out the whole video, link below Support Jason Arday. Sign the petition for a public inquiry https://goodlawproject.org/petition/jason-arday-letter/ Watch the full video of Professor Arday speaking at Anglia Ruskin University in 2025: UNLEARN LIGHTBULB: I guess I'm doing fine, I guess I'm doing fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZW-J1hcd4 Join Harambee OBU: www.blackunity.org.uk Written and hosted by: Kehinde Andrews Edited by: Kadiri Andrews Artwork by: Assata Andrews
