The annual gathering of Classicists just exploded, followed by a maelstrom of Twitter twittering, when a questioner commented to a panelist that he had been hired (at Princeton) only because he’s black.
Minding The Campus will publish and essay of mine on this todo shortly, which I will link here. Meanwhile, for background reading you may want to look here, here, and here.
UPDATE
Well, that was fast! “Is Being Black A Badge Of Merit?” has just been posted.