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💀Dr. Kelly J. Baker (she/her)💀
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Hi lovelies, I usually don't respond to folks (men) who want to claim that I'm not an expert in white Christian nationalism or religious intolerance in American history.

But, here are the receipts.
First, I wrote a book on white Christian nationalism!

kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-244…
And a @nytimes op-ed on white nationalism as not new. It has the best title ever.

nytimes.com/2016/11/25/opi…
@nytimes And a long essay on how Klan artifacts show the long history of white Christian nationalism & what those objects might be today (maybe a MAGA hat.)

voices.uchicago.edu/religioncultur…
@nytimes And on the stereotypes, in media & pop culture, about white supremacists that keep us from understanding white supremacy:

sacredmattersmagazine.com/the-look-of-wh…
@nytimes And an older essay about how white supremacists are portrayed on TV & again how it keeps us from understanding these groups, past & present.

kellyjbaker.com/primetime-supr…
@nytimes And about how the Klan never really ends because the order has defined American culture:

killingthebuddha.com/ktblog/the-kla…
@nytimes And about a piece about who counts as *intolerant* & a Klan essay contest on tolerance (Yup, that's correct.)

universitypressblog.dept.ku.edu/uncategorized/…
@nytimes And a longer look at how the Klan shaped America & maybe how we still live in the Klan's America. (Yup, we do.)

sacredmattersmagazine.com/birth-of-the-k…
@nytimes And on the "alt-right," contemporary white nationalism & its ties to historical white nationalism:

religionandpolitics.org/2016/10/20/the…
@nytimes And on Tr*mp's rhetoric & the resonance with the 1920s Klan's rhetoric.

theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
@nytimes And on white Christian nationalism & the deployment of "White Christian motherhood" by white woman to claim what America supposedly should be:

kellyjbaker.com/mother-knows-b…
@nytimes And another essay on how white women's activism upholds the white supremacist status quo:

wihe.com/article-detail…
@nytimes And this essay on how scholars & journalists can't understand how "nice, decent" white folks can also be white supremacist:
kellyjbaker.com/nice-decent-fo…
@nytimes Okay, okay, I think that's probably enough.
@nytimes One more about what it is like to write about white supremacy.

*spoiler alert: It can really suck*

kellyjbaker.com/white-supremac…
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💀Dr. Kelly J. Baker (she/her)💀
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Now at a panel on Christian nationalism in the Age of Tr*mp.

I think this is missing *white* before Christian.

(But, I would, wouldn't I?)
Um, white Christian nationalism isn't new. It didn't suddenly appear before 2016.

It's been around for....awhile.
I get that it's a better story to suggest that white Christian nationalism is *new*

Suddenly, it seems to just now appear & journalists rush to cover it as *new*

It's not new. It's just a recent example of a longer history.
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💀Dr. Kelly J. Baker (she/her)💀
@kelly_j_baker
One of the bad things about depression (& there are many bad things) is how hard it to realize that you are depressed when you are.

It takes me way too long to recognize that I was depressed; I have a real hard time identifying that I am until it continues for awhile.
Last week, I realized (& finally admitted) that I had been having depressive episodes for the last few months. My moods have been off-kilter but I chalked it up to many other things that weren't depression.
Part of this because my depression doesn't manifest like I imagine depression is supposed to look like.

I don't wanna get out of bed but I do. I also get angry, irritable, & exhausted. I withdraw within myself while I fake being okay to everyone around me. I hate everything.
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💀Dr. Kelly J. Baker💀
@kelly_j_baker
For those of you, who are still wondering why white women vote to uphold white supremacist patriarchy, may I offer some of my essays to explain?
First, here's an interview I did with Dr. Elizabeth Gillespie McRae for @PRA, in which she explains how white women bolster white supremacy: politicalresearch.org/2018/03/22/mot…
Second, here's my review-ish essay of McRae's book, in which I tackle how white women's activism is not inherently progressive, no matter what the media says: wihe.com/article-detail…
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