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@rjmarr
Sep 15, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Anyone check out the #RVAProtests "112 Days" show on @CBS6 last night? You can watch it on MSN (linked below), but I did so you don't have to. Two big thoughts:
#Thread 1/

msn.com/en-us/news/us/…
First, the doc not great on repping protestors. Some efforts to give voice to protest, but probably not central figures. I get it - it's hard to parse, there's no "President of the Movement," and lots of folks probably didn't want to talk
2/
But still - why so much freakin' Mark Holmberg? Why let him complain that protestors marched at Lee Circle but not Gilpin Court- and then ignore multiple anti-eviction actions?
3/
 richmond.com/news/local/wat…
Why claim in chyrons that "protestors attack police" but not vice versa? Why show police claiming that Lee Circle is all about urine, feces, and rotten couches - and ignore art, community, free food, libraries, bball?
4/
ggwash.org/view/78788/a-n…
And for chrissakes why have multiple Fan residents - both "hidden" and visible - put on a master class in #WhiteFragility? My fave gems: "Protest was different in the 60s." "The most fundamental responsibility of the city is to maintain law and order." Yeesh.
5/
My other takeaway hurts my social scientist heart. The doc is framed by an intro from a clinical psych about the effects of quarantine on psychology, and how it primed people for protest. I have no problem with the psych prof, and this account seems true as far as it goes.
6/
But no sociopolitical analysis? No background of white supremacy, the history of civil rights, and policing? No movement theory? (Ahem - I know a guy)
7/
By fronting this psych frame, the film pathologizes protest, reducing it to an irrational "stress reaction." This is the understanding of movements that we had in the post-war era, back before decades of research expanded our understanding dramatically
8/
So congrats, WTVR - you put on a great documentary for audiences in 1954. Ugh.
9/End

[Shout-out to @ChelseaWiseRVA , who tweeted about this last night, and who most def is NOT in the doc]

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Sep 3, 2021
As I prep my political theory class for this fall, I'm struck that one thing the TX abortion law should hammer home, and that some of us sometimes forget: conservatism is openly hostile towards individual freedom
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As ideology, conservatism embraces ancient ideas of difference. Plato's Republic imagines world where people are sorted according to innate characteristics; Aristotle thought democracy was worst form of government. To Greeks, some people just better suited to rule than others
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May 6, 2021
As #VAGOP convention approaches, candidates talking about banning "critical race theory" from our schools. We know that racist appeals work on many white voters (hi Donald!) but this one is especially insidious. Here's why
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First, #CriticalRaceTheory is term for some pretty high-level scholarship and theoretical work, like real pomo philosophy shit. Crenshaw, Delgado, Bell. Mostly influential in legal theory. Time mag explainer (h/t to @bluevirginia) is just fine:
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Apr 16, 2021
Maybe you've seen this, but this week my students and I went on an eye-opening trip through the @americanpano Mapping Inequality project from @UR_DSL

#Redlining in #RVA: a quick #Thread
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Sep 26, 2020
Happy weekend VA! Earlier this week I tweeted out #VoteNoOn1, the redistricting commission amendment. I'm still a No, but feel a Prof's need to clarify after hearing from some folks on both sides
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Earlier I said we all want Non-partisan, but even A1 supporters say that's basically impossible. What we actually want is INDEPENDENCE. Current SB 5015 tries to specify criteria for citizen members beyond "party picks" so it would help if passed
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Sep 22, 2020
Good morning VA! As early voting ramps up around the state, now’s a good time to remind you to Vote NO on Amendment 1, which supposedly ensures fair redistricting. I’m not convinced. Here's why:
#VoteNOon1
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Background: you probably know that “redistricting” - drawing district lines for state legislature and Congress - is super important is for setting the political course of the next decade. So do politicians, which is why they try to control it
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Sep 3, 2020
Twitter made me mad today. Must be time for an #RVAMayor Campaign thread!

Incumbent Mayor Stoney says "I choose Richmond." WTF does this mean? Lots of things. But it also suggests a campaign strategy

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Stoney's tenure has been a roller coaster of ups and downs. Before #GeorgeFloyd, it seemed the failed #NavyHill development would be the albatross that possibly ended his career. But the #BLM protests have made his re-election prospects even trickier
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