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{{Short description|Jamaican-American professor of philosophy}} |
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'''Jason Damian Hill''' (born c. 1965) is a Jamaican-American professor of philosophy at [[DePaul University]] in [[Chicago]]. |
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==Childhood and |
==Childhood and career== |
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Hill was born and grew up in Jamaica.<ref name="WoodDisobiedience">{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Skip |title=Saying 'no' through Civil Disobedience |url=https://news.prairiepublic.org/post/saying-no-through-civil-disobedience |accessdate=8 May 2019 |publisher=[[Prairie Public Radio]] |date=22 October 2014}}</ref> He describes himself as "mixed race" |
Hill was born and grew up in Jamaica.<ref name="WoodDisobiedience">{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Skip |title=Saying 'no' through Civil Disobedience |url=https://news.prairiepublic.org/post/saying-no-through-civil-disobedience |accessdate=8 May 2019 |publisher=[[Prairie Public Radio]] |date=22 October 2014}}</ref> He describes himself as "mixed race" in Caribbean terms, but "perceived as being black in America." He immigrated to the U.S. in 1985 when he was 20 years old,<ref name="WoodDisobiedience"/> and eventually became a U.S. citizen. Hill has written extensively about his journey to the United States, most notably in his last book, ''We Have Overcome: An Immigrant's Letter to the American People''. Hill, a gay man, has credited [[Ayn Rand]]'s work with helping him come to terms with his homosexuality, especially as someone who grew up in Jamaica, a country he describes as "the most homophobic culture in the world."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/04/25/jamaican_gay_and_ayn_rand_made_it_ok_my_amazing_atlas_shrugged_love_story/ |title=Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing "Atlas Shrugged" love story |date=2014-04-25 |website=Salon |language=en |access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> |
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After coming to the United States, Hill earned a PhD in philosophy |
After coming to the United States, Hill earned a B.A., ''magna cum laude'', in philosophy from [[Georgia State University]], and both an M.A. and PhD in philosophy from [[Purdue University]],<ref name="FacultyBio">{{cite web |title=Jason D. Hill |url=https://las.depaul.edu/academics/philosophy/faculty/Pages/jason-hill.aspx |website=dePaul.edu |publisher=DePaul University |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref> eventually becoming a professor and an Honors Distinguished Faculty member at [[DePaul University]], where he teaches courses on ethics, political philosophy, and American politics. With regard to his intellectual principles, he has stated he is committed to moral foundationalism, [[moral universalism]], and the absolutism of reason.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.jasondamianhill.com/about-1 |title=About |website=Jason D. Hill |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> |
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Politically, Hill has defined himself both as a conservative [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and as a conservative independent. |
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In addition to his academic publications, Hill has written opinion pieces for ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'', ''[[The Federalist (website)|The Federalist]]'', and ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'', among others. He has also made appearances on national media on a variety of occasions, which included interviews on [[Fox News]] and [[NPR]].<ref name=":0" /> He is also president and CEO of the Institute for Immigrant Assimilation.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Politically, Hill has defined himself both as a conservative democrat<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefederalist.com/2016/05/16/loveless-narcissistic-sex-addicts-a-gay-man-critiques-his-community/|title=Loveless Sex Addicts: A Gay Man Critiques His Community|last=Culture|date=2016-05-16|website=The Federalist|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> and as a conservative independent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12183|title=Prof: 'I'm being censored because I've taken a very positive pro-Israeli stance'|date=2019-05-02|website=Campus Reform|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> |
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=== On |
=== On Israel === |
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Hill is a supporter of Israel and has advocate that Israel annex the land gained by the [[Six-Day War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/04/24/depaul-university-professor-criticized-nature-his-pro-israeli-anti-palestinian-views|title=Professor Criticized for Pro-Israeli, Anti-Palestinian Views|author=Scott Jaschik|date=April 24, 2019|accessdate=August 29, 2022|work=Inside Higher Ed}}</ref> Critics among the students and faculty denounced his position and called for his censure. Hill has sued DePaul, claiming that it launched a “campaign of intimidation and demonization" based on account of his race and sexual orientation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://depauliaonline.com/48147/news/jason-hill-sues-depaul-upper-administration-for-campaign-of-intimidation-and-demonization/|last=Lee|first=Ella|title=Jason Hill sues DePaul, upper administration for 'campaign of intimidation and demonization'|work=The Depaulia|date=April 30, 2020|accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref> |
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=== On Chicago Street Violence === |
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In an opinion piece published in ''The Hill'' in May of 2018, Hill addressed Donald Trump to ask him to suspend the [[Posse Comitatus Act]] and deploy troops to the City of Chicago to address gun violence. In this piece, Hill describes Chicago as a city "under siege" and gangs as "terror cells" and "nihilistic institutional organizations that invade the sphere of civilized live." Gang violence, he argues, makes a mockery of President Trump's power over the nation, writing that "the potency of [Trump's] presidency is ridiculed when thugs and barbaric criminals take it upon themselves to establish lawless fiefdoms, usurping the law and order on which [the U.S. Republic] was built and upon which its continued existence depends, as they kill innocent lives."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/389056-mr-president-please-send-the-troops-to-chicago|title=Mr. President, please send the troops to Chicago|last=Tolliver|first=Sandy|date=2018-05-24|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> Hill asks President Trump to save Black and Brown lives by "unleash[ing] those troops" in the city, "not to instill fear, but as the insignia of urban civility and order." <ref name=":3" /> |
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=== On Higher Education and Liberal Arts Colleges === |
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On the subject of higher education and U.S. universities, Hill has argued against the academic freedom of leftist professors and scholars, stating that they cannot be argued with and should be "shut down."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/education/396764-a-professors-call-to-shut-down-our-nations-universities|title=A professor's call to shut down our nation's universities|last=Tolliver|first=Sandy|date=2018-07-16|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> In an article published in ''The Hill'' under the title "A Professor's Call to Shut Down Our Nation's Universities," Hill argues that U.S. colleges are "becoming national security threats" and should be defunded, disbanded, and rebuilt "with conservative principles--that is, values advocating individualism, capitalism, Americanism, free speech, self-reliance and the morality of wealth creation."<ref name="Chasmer Country">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/25/jason-hill-depaul-professor-slams-liberal-colleges/|title=DePaul professor slams liberal colleges as 'gravest internal threat to this country'|last1=Chasmer|first1=Jessica|date=25 July 2018|accessdate=8 May 2019|publisher=Washington Times}}</ref> He states that leftist academics are "waging a war against America and teaching our young people to hate this country," and that they represent "the gravest internal threat" to the U.S.<ref name=":1" /> |
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On the subject of gay marriage, Hill defends the rights of same-sex couples to marry, though he critiques the gay community for its failure to abide by the values of traditional marriage. In an article titled "Loveless, Narcissistic Sex Addicts: A Gay Man Critiques His Community," Hill argues that gay marriage will be "a colossal waste of time, a hopeless undertaking doomed for failure" for as long as gay men in the U.S. continue to choose "open relationships and polyamorous dalliances," stating that "most gay men are sexual addicts."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefederalist.com/2016/05/16/loveless-narcissistic-sex-addicts-a-gay-man-critiques-his-community/|title=Loveless Sex Addicts: A Gay Man Critiques His Community|last=Culture|date=2016-05-16|website=The Federalist|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> |
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=== Views on Palestine and Response === |
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On April 16, 2019, Hill published an article in ''The Federalist'' in which he argued that Palestinians should be stripped of their right to self-determination and of their right to vote. In his article, Hill argues that Israel has a moral right to annex the West Bank, and to either contain or expel Palestinians from their land. Hill argues that "not all cultures are indeed equal": Jewish culture is morally exceptional and should be given "unconditional space for the continued evolution of [Jewish] civilization."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/16/moral-case-israel-annexing-west-bank-beyond/|title=The Moral Case For Israel Annexing The West Bank—And Beyond|last=Affairs|first=World|date=2019-04-16|website=The Federalist|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> Other cultures, he argues, are "abysmally inferior and regressive based on their comprehensive philosophy and fundamental principles--or lack thereof--that guide or fail to protect the inalienable rights of their citizens."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/16/moral-case-israel-annexing-west-bank-beyond/|title=The Moral Case For Israel Annexing The West Bank—And Beyond|last=Affairs|first=World|date=2019-04-16|website=The Federalist|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> In this article, Hill also states that the U.S. should pay reparations to the State of Israel, and that Israel's use of violence against Palestinians is morally justifiable and the sole responsibility of Palestinians themselves. |
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In response to his article, a coalition of DePaul students started an online petition to the administration demanding that DePaul censure the content of Hill's argument; that he apologize for his dehumanization of Palestinians; and that he attend racial sensitivity training.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://depauliaonline.com/40769/news/student-groups-demand-apology-after-professors-islamophobic-article/|title=Student groups demand apology after professor’s ‘Islamophobic’ article|last=Conboy|first=Benjamin|website=The DePaulia|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> In response to student protests, President Esteban sent an email to the DePaul community defending Hill's right to academic freedom and freedom of speech while stating that Hill's views were his own and that he did not speak for the university.<ref name="FinkOpEd">{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/depaul-students-professor-apologize-pro-israel-op-ed-1403054|title=DePaul Students Demand Professor Apologize for 'Immoral Conduct' After Pro-Israel Op-Ed|last1=Fink|first1=Jenni|date=22 April 2019|accessdate=8 May 2019|publisher=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> President Esteban refused to censure or take any action against Hill as a result of his views.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://depauliaonline.com/41019/news/fallout-from-depaul-professors-islamophobic-article-continues/|title=Fallout from DePaul professor’s ‘Islamophobic’ article continues|last=Conboy|first=Benjamin|website=The DePaulia|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefire.org/as-depaul-students-and-faculty-condemn-professors-views-administration-stands-by-free-speech-academic-freedom/|title=As DePaul students and faculty condemn professor’s views, administration stands by free speech, academic freedom|last=Harris|first=Samantha|date=2019-05-03|website=FIRE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref> Following student protests, the university organized events regarding the content of Hill's opinion piece and the students' response to it, including a forum on the Middle East and freedom of speech, and a gathering between students and faculty to share perspectives on the impact of Hill's piece and on the university's response. Additionally, a resolution to censure Hill's article was discussed and approved by DePaul's Faculty Council.<ref name="RichardsonViews">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/7/jason-hill-israel-support-ignites-depaul-free-spee/|title=DePaul professor ignites free-speech uproar with unabashed pro-Israel views|last1=Richardson|first1=Valerie|date=7 May 2019|accessdate=8 May 2019|publisher=Washington Times}}</ref> |
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Hill has spoken against those who have censured and protested his article, and especially against DePaul students, on social and national media. Responding to a supporter's tweet on May 20, Hill referred to student protesters as "impotent children," as evil, and as bullies: "Evil is impotent because it only has the pretense of destruction. It cannot create. Bullies remain so once you capitulate. David, at 19 I was an investigative journalist in Jamaica breaking up mafia rings. These children are just that: impotent children."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/JasonDHill6/status/1130589077273829376|title=Evil is impotent because it only has the pretense of destruction. It cannot create. Bullies remain so once you capitulate. David, at 19 I was an investigative journalist in Jamaica breaking up mafia rings. These children are just that: impotent childrenhttps://twitter.com/DavidNJ/status/1130578014931161090 …|last=Hill|first=Jason D.|date=2019-05-20|website=@JasonDHill6|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> Likewise, in an earlier tweet published on May 11 referencing a small walk-out at DePaul's forum on Middle East and freedom of speech, Hill wrote: "Intimidation by thugs/moral cowards chanting like pseudo rappers about me hiding is all amusing. AT [sic] 19 I was an investigative journalist in Jamaica busting up a mafia ring--these children and their antics are just that--children at play. Finals are coming up. FInd [sic] the library."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/JasonDHill6/status/1127330353708924928|title=Intimidation by thugs/moral cowards chanting like pseudo rappers about me hiding is all amusing. AT 19 I was an investigative journalist in Jamaica busting up a mafia ring--these children and their antics are just that--children at play. Finals are coming up. FInd the libraryhttps://twitter.com/SPavls/status/1126134799670829059 …|last=Hill|first=Jason D.|date=2019-05-11|website=@JasonDHill6|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> |
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===Nonfiction=== |
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*''Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity: When We Should Not Get Along'' |
*''Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity: When We Should Not Get Along'' (Palgrave Macmillan, July 2013){{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} |
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*''Becoming a Cosmopolitan: What It Means to be a Human Being in the New Millennium'' |
*''Becoming a Cosmopolitan: What It Means to be a Human Being in the New Millennium'' (Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 2000/paperback, 2011){{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} |
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*''Beyond Blood Identities: Post Humanity in the 21st Century |
*''Beyond Blood Identities: Post Humanity in the 21st Century'' (Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, November 2009)<ref name="CivilInterview">{{cite news |title="Saying 'No' Through Civil Disobedience" with Jason D. Hill (book interview) |url=https://philosophyinpubliclife.org/2014/08/10/saying-no-through-civil-disobedience-with-jason-d-hill/ |accessdate=8 May 2019 |publisher=Institute for Philosophy in Public Life |date=10 August 2004}}</ref> |
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*''We Have Overcome: An Immigrant's Letter to the American People'' (Bombardier Books |
*''We Have Overcome: An Immigrant's Letter to the American People'' (Bombardier Books, July 10, 2018).{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} |
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*''What Do White Americans Owe Black People: Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression'' (Emancipation Books, October 26, 2021) ISBN 978-1642937947 |
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===Fiction=== |
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*''JAMAICA BOY IN SEARCH OF AMERICA'' (KDP Publishers, July 8, 2013) |
*''JAMAICA BOY IN SEARCH OF AMERICA'' (KDP Publishers, July 8, 2013){{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www.jasondamianhill.com/ Jason Hill website] |
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Latest revision as of 06:03, 17 October 2023
Jason Damian Hill (born c. 1965) is a Jamaican-American professor of philosophy at DePaul University in Chicago.
Childhood and career
Hill was born and grew up in Jamaica.[1] He describes himself as "mixed race" in Caribbean terms, but "perceived as being black in America." He immigrated to the U.S. in 1985 when he was 20 years old,[1] and eventually became a U.S. citizen. Hill has written extensively about his journey to the United States, most notably in his last book, We Have Overcome: An Immigrant's Letter to the American People. Hill, a gay man, has credited Ayn Rand's work with helping him come to terms with his homosexuality, especially as someone who grew up in Jamaica, a country he describes as "the most homophobic culture in the world."[2]
After coming to the United States, Hill earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in philosophy from Georgia State University, and both an M.A. and PhD in philosophy from Purdue University,[3] eventually becoming a professor and an Honors Distinguished Faculty member at DePaul University, where he teaches courses on ethics, political philosophy, and American politics. With regard to his intellectual principles, he has stated he is committed to moral foundationalism, moral universalism, and the absolutism of reason.[4]
Politically, Hill has defined himself both as a conservative Democrat and as a conservative independent.
Opinions and beliefs
On racism in the U.S.
Hill has written that he has experienced racism, but does not consider himself a victim, stating that "you encounter racism, you deal with it, address it and move on." In his most recent book, We Have Overcome, he responds to Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between The World and Me, arguing that Coates' book "reads primarily like an American horror story and, I'm sorry to say, a declaration of war against my adopted country [the U.S.]."[5] He has argued that the U.S. left promotes victimization of people of color and immigrants, telling them that "they are incontrovertibly oppressed by whites, that there's a new form of oppression since Donald Trump became president." He argues that it is not "resurgent racism" that has emerged after Trump's election, but rather "moral hysteria and hyperbole on the part of a far left that wants to paint racial minorities as helplessly under the yoke of white oppression."
On Israel
Hill is a supporter of Israel and has advocate that Israel annex the land gained by the Six-Day War.[6] Critics among the students and faculty denounced his position and called for his censure. Hill has sued DePaul, claiming that it launched a “campaign of intimidation and demonization" based on account of his race and sexual orientation.[7]
Books
Nonfiction
- Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity: When We Should Not Get Along (Palgrave Macmillan, July 2013)[citation needed]
- Becoming a Cosmopolitan: What It Means to be a Human Being in the New Millennium (Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 2000/paperback, 2011)[citation needed]
- Beyond Blood Identities: Post Humanity in the 21st Century (Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, November 2009)[8]
- We Have Overcome: An Immigrant's Letter to the American People (Bombardier Books, July 10, 2018).[citation needed]
- What Do White Americans Owe Black People: Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression (Emancipation Books, October 26, 2021) ISBN 978-1642937947
Fiction
- JAMAICA BOY IN SEARCH OF AMERICA (KDP Publishers, July 8, 2013)[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Wood, Skip (22 October 2014). "Saying 'no' through Civil Disobedience". Prairie Public Radio. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing "Atlas Shrugged" love story". Salon. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ "Jason D. Hill". dePaul.edu. DePaul University. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "About". Jason D. Hill. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Hill, Jason D. (13 September 2017). "An Open Letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates". Commentary. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Scott Jaschik (April 24, 2019). "Professor Criticized for Pro-Israeli, Anti-Palestinian Views". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Lee, Ella (April 30, 2020). "Jason Hill sues DePaul, upper administration for 'campaign of intimidation and demonization'". The Depaulia. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ ""Saying 'No' Through Civil Disobedience" with Jason D. Hill (book interview)". Institute for Philosophy in Public Life. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2019.