NEW: Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference and rally at 11:30 AM PT tomorrow in Los Angeles regarding redistricting. The announcement is chef's kiss.
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NEW: Governor Newsom will be holding a press conference and rally at 11:30 AM PT tomorrow in Los Angeles regarding redistricting. The announcement is chef's kiss.
A lot of Black people I know saw this coming and have gone quiet / underground for like, a year.
From CRT/DEI, We were being purged from positions, sidelined from jobs, and under this new line of attack for the last 3-4 years at state and local levels.
A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
It’s started.. the Grand Erasure. The stories, work, existence of Women, LBGTQIA+, BIPOC, etc. Is this the beginning of a larger project of ontological erasure?
FFS— now Trump the Chump is blaming DEI for the Reagan plane crash. This news briefing is just a way to pit ppl against each other to further his agenda with no consideration for the families who lost their loved ones.
proof of academic life. my xmas present to myself from @parapraxismag.bsky.social feels more timely than ever. #frantzfanon “The colonial regime is a regime established by violence…Violence in daily behavior, violence towards the past which is emptied of all substance, violence towards the future”
The state of our world today
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We see this happening in Bible Belt universities/ schools with profs teaching critical race studies- now it’s happening in the Midwest.
Adjunct professor fired from DePaul for having an optional assignment about the health implications caused by war/ Gaza. Ss complained it didn’t connect w the course and made them uncomfortable. Academia is turning into a place where profs are fired for making Ss think beyond their beliefs/values
Looking forward to presenting my paper “Grammars of Freedom and Reimagined Histories in Contemporary Black Fiction” at #ala2024 with a stellar African American Lit & Culture Society panel! Come see us at 11:30!
“Son, go study the history of your oppressor. Once you know the history of your oppressor and why he had to oppress you, you will also learn why he had to remove you from the respectful commentary of human history.” -- Arturo Schomburg
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What would you remove and/or add??
Remove — Groff, Fates & Furies
Add— Butler, Parable of the Sower, Dunbar, Sport of the Gods, and Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go.
Replace— Cather’s Death Comes for My Ántonia.
Looking forward to seeing this exhibit next weekend; especially the #gordonparks photographs for Ellison’s Invisible Man #giants
And today we rest.
What fun holiday/ winter break books do you have lined up?
^ necessary! Can’t wait to hear who brings the tuna casserole!
I love it! I’ve always wanted to do a feast of seven fishes. Hope yours doesn’t end with a car in the dining room!