1/17 Ever wonder how whiteness is privileged in the social sciences? #anthrotwitter #AnthroSoWhite [A Thread]
2/17 The Open Syllabus Project (OSP) surveyed over 41,000 anthropology syllabi. opensyllabus.org/result/field?i… @Beliso_DeJesus and I analyze it. Let’s see how many assigned-texts are authored by Black scholars…
3/17 In the top 1,000 texts taught in anthropology courses, only 9 are authored by Black scholars. Let's explore what they are, who they're written by...and what that says about #anthropology
4/17
The 1st Black-authored text does not appear until 185 on the list of most assigned texts! #AnthroSoWhite #SMDH
The 1st Black-authored text does not appear until 185 on the list of most assigned texts! #AnthroSoWhite #SMDH
5/17 Then Fanon comes in again! ...But not until 312. Anthro loves them some Fanon...
6/17
A dope Nigerian novel at 321...Instead of ethnography?
A dope Nigerian novel at 321...Instead of ethnography?
8/17
Black Britain still shinnin’ at 446.
What this means is: out of 41,000 #anthropology syllabi, Representation by Stuart Hall appears on 59. Looking bad for “signification,” brah…
Black Britain still shinnin’ at 446.
What this means is: out of 41,000 #anthropology syllabi, Representation by Stuart Hall appears on 59. Looking bad for “signification,” brah…
9/17
ALL HAIL, QUEEN ZORA,
THE FIRST BLACK ANTHROPOLOGIST TO BE TAUGHT BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS!!
...But not until 486. #AnthroSoWhite
ALL HAIL, QUEEN ZORA,
THE FIRST BLACK ANTHROPOLOGIST TO BE TAUGHT BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS!!
...But not until 486. #AnthroSoWhite
10/17
Jamaica Kincaid comes in at 560. Who doesn’t love Jamaica? #Anthropology does.
...Just not as much as Malinowski.
Jamaica Kincaid comes in at 560. Who doesn’t love Jamaica? #Anthropology does.
...Just not as much as Malinowski.
11/17
Michel-Ralph Trouillot’s, Silencing The Past, should be required for all #anthropology classes.
Yet it DOES NOT appear until 719...
719!?!
#AnthroSoWhite. This list is #SilencingThePast.
Michel-Ralph Trouillot’s, Silencing The Past, should be required for all #anthropology classes.
Yet it DOES NOT appear until 719...
719!?!
#AnthroSoWhite. This list is #SilencingThePast.
12/17 Our run comes to an end with current @ABA_AAA President Lee Baker’s, From Savage To Negro. Thank God it makes an appearance at 835!
FINALLY, a Black Anthropologist who’s actually alive!
FINALLY, a Black Anthropologist who’s actually alive!
13/17 Takeaways? Sadly, IT IS CLEAR that anthropology does not want to teach or hear from its Black anthropologists. Less than 1% of the assigned texts are authored by Black scholars. Crucially…
14/17
6 of the 9 Black-authored texts are from outside of #anthropology. None are written by a Black anthropologist conducting an ethnography of the contemporary moment!
6 of the 9 Black-authored texts are from outside of #anthropology. None are written by a Black anthropologist conducting an ethnography of the contemporary moment!
15/17 BLACK ANTHROPOLOGY IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN ANTHROPOLOGY. WOW! This blatant silencing points to the need for initiatives like @CiteBlackWomen. Shoutout to @profsassy for her hard work.
16/17 We address these issues more in #TheAnthropologyofWhiteSupremacy, a forthcoming special section of @AmAnthroJournal, guest edited by Jemima Pierre and @Beliso_DeJesus.
17/17
Contributors to this special section are: @DrJonathanRosa, @vanessajdiaz, Junaid Rana, Shannon Speed, @shalini_shankar, @drkeishakhan.
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Contributors to this special section are: @DrJonathanRosa, @vanessajdiaz, Junaid Rana, Shannon Speed, @shalini_shankar, @drkeishakhan.
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