Wilfred Reilly facts for kids

Wilfred Reilly is an American political scientist. He is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Southern Illinois University and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law. Reilly's research focuses on empirical testing of political claims.

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On April 21, 2016, Reilly participated in a regionally-televised debate against the alt-right personality Jared Taylor. Reilly argued for the social value of diversity by contending that it makes life "more interesting, civilized, and fun" and used published research to point out that mono-racial societies (such as Bosnia and Somalia) are often no more peaceful or less conflicted than multi-racial societies because of the greater prevalence of tribal in-fighting within them. Taylor took the anti-diversity position.

Reilly's PhD dissertation, submitted in 2015, was The Effect of Racial Status and Other Core Characteristics on Collective Self-Esteem: A Quantitative Test of Divergent Theories of Identity Valuation. In 2019, he published a summary of his dissertation in Commentary magazine.

In January 2020, Reilly published Taboo, a book in which he argues that certain race, gender, and class issues can no longer be discussed in mainstream American society.

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In 2016, Reilly criticized Trump, a presidential candidate for allegedly dog-whistling to the alt-right and described the 2016 United States presidential campaign as "shining [light] on some dark crevices of the Internet.".