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“The Wire” Harvard University Course

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November 2nd, 2009 by Castina

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The Wire is about to become a course at Harvard.

The class, about HBO’s gritty se ries about life in the Baltimore ghetto, will be taught by sociology professor William J. Wilson, one of the most well-known Black professors of history in the country. He’s also a huge fan of the show.
The Wire Course At HBO

The announcement came at a panel discussion at the school featuring several of the show’s stars, according to the Harvard student newspaper, The Crimson.

“I do not hesitate to say that it has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of urban inequality, more than any other media event or scholarly publication,” Wilson told the audience before poking fun at himself.

Harvard will be not the first college course on The Wire. Courses on the TV show already exist at Duke University and Middlebury College.

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