Joel Dreyfuss (born September 1945) is a

Haitian-American Haitian Americans (french: Haïtiens-Américains; ht, ayisyen ameriken) are a group of Americans of full or partial Haitian origin or descent. The largest proportion of Haitians in the United States live in Little Haiti to the South Florida area ...

retired magazine editor.

Personal life

, Joel Dreyfuss was born in September 1945 in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

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. He grew up in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...

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, and

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. In 1971, Dreyfuss graduated from

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, and five years later moved to

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. By February 2012, he and his wife, Veronica Pollard, had moved to Paris to research Dreyfuss' family history and write a book chronicling their emigration from Africa to France to Haiti. His first draft was finished by late 2016.

Career

Dreyfuss co-founded the

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, and he was a nominating judge for the

1981 Pulitzer Prize The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1981. Journalism awards *Public Service: **'' Charlotte (N.C.) Observer'', for its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect. * Local General or Spot News Reporting: **Staff of '' Longview (Wash.) ...

. In 1989, Dreyfuss co-authored ''The Bakke Case: The Politics of Inequality'' (''

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ''Regents of the University of California v. Bakke'', 438 U.S. 265 (1978) involved a dispute of whether preferential treatment for minorities can reduce educational opportunities for whites without violating the Constitution. The case was a la ...

'') with Charles Lawrence III. By December 2009, Dreyfuss' career was over 30 years old. He has worked for the

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, ''Fortune'',

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, the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and

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. He has been a

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for ''

Black Enterprise ''Black Enterprise'' is a black-owned multimedia company. Since the 1970s, its flagship product ''Black Enterprise'' magazine has covered African-American businesses with a readership of 3.7 million. The company was founded in 1970 by Earl G ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Root'', and ''Red Herring''. In September 2011, Dreyfuss decided to retire. In mid-2016, he became a contributing

columnist A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Column (newspaper), Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the fo ...

for ''The Washington Post'' Global Opinions initiative. , Dreyfuss was a member of the

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, having been so since at least February 2019.

References

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