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Dr William Lopez

22 Mar, 4 tweets, 3 min read

@jeanguerre

Excited to share the new cover for the paperback edition of #Separated, with lead quote from @jeanguerre & updated foreword from @JulianCastro.
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We have some plans in the works for discussion guides developed by students, especially those closer to the experience. more soon!

For those new to the hardback to paperback process (I know I was), the paperback is the same as the original (minus any remaining typos), but you also have the opportunity to invite someone to comment on what has happened since the original publishing, hence, Secretary Castro

@ruthbehar

This also means the book retains the original foreword as well. For me, this was written by friend & academic/author role model @ruthbehar, who also contributed an opening quote: "Anthropology that doesn't break your heart just isn't worth doing anymore" from Vulnerable Observer

@JHUPress

Thanks to @JHUPress @pubkat & @RobinWColeman for making the process so enjoyable & really working to get this work out there.

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27 Jul 20

Ive taught 3 courses during the pandemic now & feel as experienced as a prof can be given that we are only 4 months into this. here's a few basic lessons I've learned and what I fear for the coming semester. 1/

students are coming into the fall wondering how profs will incorporate their need to grieve, disappear, be quarantined, mourn deaths, & get sick. faculty are putting time into a well-organized and laid out class (as we should), but not into how they will cope with the above. 2/

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Dr William Lopez

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12 Jun 20

When my book (Separated) was published, I used the advance first to pay someone to do my TOC cause lord was I exhausted... THEN I divided the rest 4 ways. Yes, I kept a fourth, & the other fourths were given to the 3 families central in Separated. Here's why it matters 1/

As a researcher/advocate who wrote a book that was about people's suffering, I had no intention of making money off of the story in ways that did not benefit the community itself. We, as authors, MUST know the difference between addressing suffering and profiting from it 2/

Can you imagine if community members welcomed researchers/authors into their homes because they knew that their lives would be better for it, not "I get to share my story," but their literal lives, the next week/year would benefit from our work? I want to write in this world 3/

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Dr William Lopez

@lopez_wd

4 Jun 20

Communities have different histories. REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE HISTORIES. DO NOT ERASE THEM.

But often, those who oppress use the same tools to do so no matter our histories, identities, or cultures. We are seeing evidence of this constantly now, here's a few examples.
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Border Patrol drones used to monitor protest: a drone flew over Minneapolis Friday "to provide live video to aid in situational awareness at the request of our federal law enforcement partners." businessinsider.com/cbp-flew-a-pre… 2/

Border Patrol troops deployed in DC: "These ‘protests’ have devolved into chaos & acts of domestic terrorism by groups of radicals & agitators, [Border Patrol] is answering the call and will work to keep DC safe.”thehill.com/policy/nationa…

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