The Inhumanity of the Humanities

What they don’t tell you — even after graduation

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I’m only able to report on my acquaintance with Bryan in a somewhat superficial way based on his Facebook posts and emails to me, which are sometimes painful to read, but the information I’ve gathered should be enough to frame the discussion that follows.

Bryan is a queer black man in his mid 30s. He studied literature as an…