1/n Ah, forgot to give an update: I successfully defended my dissertation (in fact, fwiw, my committee members thought so much of it that they are nominating me for a best doctoral dissertation award), so I guess I’m now a ‘doctor’ 🤷♂️
https://twitter.com/zachg932/status/1461054328609906697
2/n The years of research/work I put into this dissertation will now serve as the basis for many of the articles (and ultimately the book) I’ll be writing in the months and years ahead. Tl;dr of dissertation: White guilt and shame are central to..
3/n …to white racial liberalism (aka ‘wokeness’). In their absence, white racial attitudes would be far more conservative (note: my dissertation is completely agnostic on whether these emotions are ‘good’ or should be ‘encouraged’. I have my own normative position, but you..)
4/n ..but it’s ultimately entirely irrelevant to my thesis, which is solely interested in describing and explaining what ‘is’ rather than what ‘should’ be. In fact, if you read my dissertation, you might even think I was woke.)
5/n One half of my dissertation makes the case for the centrality of shame and guilt to white wokeness, the other for the role of the media in stoking and activating these emotions across time
6/n Anyways, I look forward to sharing (and discussing in a reader-friendly fashion) these many interesting researching findings in the year(s) ahead. In the mean time, I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving !!
7/n one last thing: though none are on Twitter (as far as I’m aware), I’m so grateful to have had such an open-minded and supportive committee. They are genuine and dedicated research scholars (vs. moral activists) who give me hope that perhaps not all is lost in the soc. scis
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