Viola Ford Fletcher is celebrating her 110th birthday. She is the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.

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Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me. —Zora Neale
Hurston

She’s a racist - openly racist. He accepts the racism - proudly accepts the racism. I got nothing else for you.

be the petty you wish to see in the world

The novelist ⁦colson whitehead⁩ cancels UMass commencement address, citing “shameful” police arrests of peaceful demonstrators westernmassnews.com/2024/05/09/uma…

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George Yancy, critical philosopher of whiteness & race, asks his white students to be dangerously honest about racism and their own racist cognition. A white gay man in his class admitted that during a homophobic attack, he soothed himself by remembering “at least I’m not Black”

I’m sorry…Jabarkous?!?

I love us for real.

What is she even talking about…

The problem with saying Berkeley Economics is diverse is that it is THE outlier among all Econ departments. Orders of magnitude different from every other department. It should be pretty straightforward to guess where I went to graduate school…

If you weren’t doing it pre-tenure, you won’t be doing it post-tenure. 🤷🏾

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Hiring a postdoc Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy to work w/me to engage w/communities & policy processes. This is a great position for anyone (1) still looking for a position for next year (2) who cares about making research relevant to real people & communities. Apply! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27543

Columbia University just announced that its university-wide commencement on May 15th has been canceled

Can I keep it 100 with y'all?

Vlad is OUR fault.

ALL these culture vultures are our fault.

None of these people would get anywhere without the co-signs of Black industry and cultural players with no vision beyond their own pockets.

I ain't forgot how so many well connected…

Me: “my opps linking up”

What’s really happening: “Reviewers 1 & 2 agree that the theoretical argument needs to be reworked”

this is what Black professionals in academia, media & all industries have to deal with on a nearly daily basis

and many of us look the other way & pretend it’s not happening. it’s rare to find an example of the micro aggressions set down so vividly in writing

dear reader, the audible gasp i gave when reading the emails a certain nepo baby journalist sent to a respected Stanford professor

these go beyond a sense of entitlement…this is something uglier. this level of disrespect toward a distinguished Black professor is just appalling