a superhero with curls // political scientist @UW // fellow @HarvardAsh @CarrCenter @Kennedy_School
Sep 19, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Part of the reason I LOVE 'Courts & Civil Liberties' is because I get to teach #GINSBURG
her principled decisions & fiery dissents--inspired a generation of my students to blaze their own trails & fight for justice
a few teaching highlights:
I assign this podcast about #Ginsburg as a young ACLU attorney...the first case she argued in front of the Supreme Court was about sex discrimination (against men)...and she won! wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radio…
Jun 12, 2020 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
Confession: I havent always been an abolitionist. Its been a journey.
read & asked lots of ?s. Im still learning.
2019/20 @ Harvard: I taught abolition as policy innovation (bc it is)
For anyone interested, here are my fav rdgs/podcasts on abolition: blog.getpocket.com/2020/06/reimag…
All the rdgs on the #abolition list are open access. Yet there are many more books & academic articles that have been instrumental to my understanding of abolition. My first encounter was 2003 w/ Angela Davis penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213837/a…
May 30, 2020 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Ppl looking to give $$$--a few local/national orgs that are doing incredible work and focused on both black survival & systems change.
All social movts need funding; so give if you can!
- Ida B Wells: 1892 wrote first lynching expose
- NAACP: 1909 argued 1st civil right was protection of black lives & launched massive campaign
If u are trying to understand blk rage; deconstruct ur romantic version of civil rights & sit w/: #BLM struggle is over a CENTURY long
Blk ppl are mking rationale decisions about what does/nt work in political, legal, & economic systems
These are not new problems & thus we have to imagine a diff world. So instead of arguing what does/nt work: I implore ppl to listen to black activists as they dream a new world
