This is what struck me most about the academics (!) who were criticizing his work in the article.

"I find it useless to argue with people like Ogbu," says Urban League educational fellow Ronald Ross, himself a former school superintendent. "We know what the major problems in this school system are: racism, lack of funding, and unqualified teachers."

This guy's issue isn't with any particular bit of Ogbu's methodology or logic, just the places it takes him.

How this can fly in any academic field is shocking to me.