[gumby]

> This makes sense but doesn’t square with the lack of black authors. Would black academic researchers studying pegagogy be better than actual teachers?

It helps to have people who understand education and who understand (often from personal experience) the very phenomena one claims to be addressing.

> Is there a evidence or accusation of discrimination in the selection of the authors?

There is no accusation, merely an observation which was enough to attract the ire of the Stanford prof.