In 2012 Romney won 59% of votes from whites; that exceeded every candidate in the previous 60 yrs save for Reagan. Still Obama won handily due to historic Black turnout & strong turnout among Latina/o & Asian Americans. I expect Harris would fare similarly yet for diff reasons… Harris doesn’t have the unique appeal that Obama cultivated among BIPOC voters (nor does she have a Michelle) but she can leverage a unique capital: pettiness. Don’t underestimate how many voters of color will relish sending Trump packing to a Black & Asian woman.

Feel free to call student occupation of a building disruptive, aggravating, etc. But for UCI leadership to label it as *violent* is insidious for a number of reasons (1/6) It manufactures a pretense for police to descend upon your own campus community, and codes their actions as the *response* to violence rather than the *instigator* of violence. (2/6)

Got to share a couple brief thoughts on this NYT piece on de Blasio's comments on Black voters. Wanted to expound here on what’s highlighted in the article 1/7
nyti.ms/2wtq94m Lot of narratives about Black voters coming from folks making little to no attempt to actually grapple w/ the material conditions shaping & constraining Black people’s political decision making, i.e. limited responsiveness from elites, higher barriers to voting, etc 2/7

Whoa, did not expect to see this when I logged on today! Excited (& nervous) for this to soon be out in the world. Guess this is a good time to make the elevator pitch while the pup gets a haircut…1/x

https://twitter.com/CUP_PoliSci/status/1165308104105431041

From the Obama anger translator sketch to the “angry Black woman” trope to the scrutinization of athletes who take political stands, there’s broad recognition of the stigmatization of expressions of Black anger in the public imagination 2/x