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31 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I've long had a sinking feeling that Chauvin will be acquited. I desperately hope I'm wrong.
The reason I feel this way is because whiteness is also on trial, and whiteness remains undefeated in our "justice" system.
I mean, this is an open and shut case. It would have never even seen trial if the defendant was Black--they'd have been forced to plea-bargain. But here we are, confronted with whiteness's power over life and death, wielded w impunity, and there's every reason to believe it wins.
We are so broken. And we will remain so unless and until we have the collective will to imagine something*completely different* from what we have now when it comes to policing.

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"I've heard many faculty members" say they don't need offices? There's no effing way that's true. None whatsoever.
Also, it shouldn't escaped our notice that "open-office" setups are becoming en vogue for admins and campus planners at the same time we're seeing the corporate world realize that they don't, in fact, do what they were supposed to in terms of collaboration and productivity.
Planners and forecasters: "we need to acknowledge that pandemics and other public health concerns will be with us moving forward in higher ed"
Also planners and forecasters: "we should totally do open offices and shared lockers"
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17 Mar
I'll bet you dollars to donuts it was a right-wing white student who couldn't abide not being able to question others' basic humanity, and the uni caved because white discomfort overrides real antiracist work every goddamn time. I'd love to be wrong, but you know I'm not.
Y'all know they'll keep doing this, because squeamish white admins will fall for that okey doke every damn day.
I remember an admin telling me on Nov.9, 2016, that I needed to be *really* worried about the students who'd voted for Trump, that they shouldn't be made to feel "marginalized" or "attacked." I remember standing there in shock, feeling like I was going to throw up in my mouth.
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15 Mar
The struggle is real, y'all
So I misspelled a word, which makes this even more on-target tbh.
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5 Mar
An interesting essay. Yet it points to the "outrageous" neglect of teaching, but is only superficially aware of educational development and its work. The snide, contemptuous dismissal of Volk & Benedix's argument wasn't explained beyond "it won't work."
chronicle.com/article/can-hi…
So, yeah, there's a lot to think about here, but the author vacillates, and makes some questionable choices. To be fair, this isn't an easy genre to write in. But an essay that intimates it has solutions, yet reads like a standard multi-book review, isn't very helpful.
I mean...really? This just boils down to "I'm a college administrator who's tired of hearing about neoliberalism." The essay suggests systemic reform is needed yet condescendingly dismisses (with no explanation or supporting evidence beyond "nah") those detailing what it might be
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Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about books they've used in teaching civil war/reconstruction. I submitted my book order for the fall NINE FULL HOURS before registration begins, and any time I meet a deadline lately is a victory. I'm so excited for this course. 1/
It's the first time I get to teach it in nearby 6 years. It was way hard to narrow down a manageable (and affordable) book list, but I comforted myself with the fact there will also be articles and primary sources to supplement the main readings. /2
A few folks asked me to tweet out my adoptions once I figured them out. So here we go (the course will have a thematic focus on race and violence as pillars of US history), as well as looking explicitly at connections w this era & the present. So here are the texts: /3
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