Nothing in this article made this professor's signal accomplishment of writing a non-fiction book, which won the National Book Award, seem illegitimate, or completely a cautionary tale. He, like most professors I suspect, wasn't able to handle the administrative challenges inherent in getting 40+ millions in donations. So his 'reach exceeded his grasp'. He still wrote a seminal book on institutional racism, an accomplishment not now rendered illegitimate.
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