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Dr. Keisha N. Blain Profile picture
@KeishaBlain
Aug 26, 2019 • 10 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
I finally had a chance to go through 150+ packages of #books sent to me (yikes)! TYSM to the various publishers for keeping me in the loop on the new #scholarship in #BlackStudies, #History & #Gender Studies.🙏🏾Here's a thread of a few books I am very eager to read this fall.🙌🏾📚
By @ruha9: 'Captivating #Technology: #Race, Carceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday Life' @DukePress

dukeupress.edu/captivating-te…
By @SaStrings: 'Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia' @NYUpress

nyupress.org/9781479886753/…
By @kcarterjackson: 'Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the #Politics of #Violence' @PennPress

upenn.edu/pennpress/book…
By @Prof_Suddler: 'Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the #Justice System in Postwar New York' @NYUpress

nyupress.org/9781479847624/…
By @ProfOgbar: ((New Edition!)) 'Black Power:
#Radical Politics and African American Identity' @JHUPress

jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/black-po…
By @DwestonHaywood: 'Let Us Make Men: The Twentieth-Century Black #Press and a Manly Vision for Racial Advancement' @uncpressblog

uncpress.org/book/978146964…
By Dána-Ain Davis: '#Reproductive Injustice: #Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth' @NYUpress

nyupress.org/9781479853571/…
By @JeanneTheoharis & Brian Purnell: 'The Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North: #Segregation and Struggle outside of the South' @NYUpress

nyupress.org/9781479820337/…
@JeanneTheoharis @NYUpress By @BlydenNemata: African Americans and #Africa: A New #History @yalepress

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030019…

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May 22, 2022
I regret sharing the NYT article on Haiti yesterday. So many scholars are noting their egregious editorial practices. The writers of the article did not properly credit their sources. I’ll drop a few threads below for further context.
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Apr 28, 2022
✨I’ve been working on this article for @TheAtlantic for several months. It was difficult to write, but I am so glad it's finally out. I could not have written this article without the help and support of some *amazing* people. A thread of gratitude.👇🏾

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
First and foremost, I’m so grateful to the brilliant editor Vann R. Newkirk II for helping me with this piece *from start to finish.* Working with him was such an honor. And the 'Inheritance' series is stellar. I'm thrilled that I had an opportunity to contribute to it.❤️
I would not have written this piece without the blessing of Joetha Collier’s family. I didn’t know them and they didn’t know me. But they took a chance and entrusted me with their stories. I am so grateful.
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Dec 11, 2021
Thread for junior #scholars: I evaluated a lot of fellowship applications this semester & want to make a few observations. I won’t name the fellowships, but they’re among the most competitive in the academy. I want junior #scholars to thrive & hope these tips will help. #academia
First, please communicate with your letter writers. There’s something very odd about reading a proposal that is significantly different from the rec letters. If you’re planning to write three chapters on X, tell your letter writers so they don’t say you’re doing research on Y.
Please proofread your materials. We’re all exhausted and I’m guilty of rushing things too, but try to get a friend or an editor to read everything before you submit your materials. Lots of typos & grammatical errors could really hurt your chances of getting the funding you need.
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Nov 8, 2020
No offense to journalists & others who occasionally write #history. We appreciate you and we thank you. We hope you will continue to do it. But I think it's important to note that many of us are professional historians. We have devoted our lives to studying & teaching history.
Many of us teach history courses at the college level. We have PhDs in history (so yes--we definitely devoted our lives to this). And many of us write history books based on original archival research (we essentially write the books journalists end up citing...or refuse to cite).
When I say that Black women historians should be consulted in this historic moment, I am thinking about those women. The ones who are doing remarkable work of historical recovery; teaching on campuses where so many of our colleagues/students dismiss us; writing history books etc.
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May 13, 2020
I don't think a lot of people understand how nasty people can be in the academy. Many of us aren't doing this because folks treat us so well. I can't speak for others but I know what keeps me going is the belief that I can make a positive difference in someone else's life.
I am most fulfilled by the opportunity to produce research I'm proud of. I love working with students with the hope that I'll help them find a path that excites them as much as history excites me. I try to ignore the pettiness and professional jealousy (there's a lot of that...)
I remind myself daily that academia is not a meritocracy. That helps me stay focused and not internalize or make much of the slammed doors in my face. I focus on the open doors and try to figure out how to widen them a bit more so someone else gets through.
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Feb 22, 2020
👇🏾Here's the link to the public letter several of us are sending to @netflix & the producers & directors of #WhoKilledMalcolmX. You're welcome to sign in agreement with me, @JeanneTheoharis, @drashleyfarmer, Robin DG Kelley, @TheBarbaraSmith, @MHarrisPerry, @DrIbram & many others
@netflix @JeanneTheoharis @drashleyfarmer @TheBarbaraSmith @MHarrisPerry @DrIbram We are disappointed at the complete disregard of women activists & women scholars in the series. The producers went to great lengths to include the perspectives of many men, including those w/o expertise on Malcolm X and/or Black Power. Yet not a single woman scholar was featured
@netflix @JeanneTheoharis @drashleyfarmer @TheBarbaraSmith @MHarrisPerry @DrIbram The exclusion of women scholars is not only deeply problematic but presents a very skewed (& inaccurate) portrayal of history. This is especially disturbing considering the fact that women scholars have been at the forefront of producing scholarship on Civil Rights & Black Power.
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