prof of Black Studies in Ed at Rutgers. organizer. scholar of youth+activism+ed in Africa/n diaspora. anthropologist by training. jawn by birth. shady by nature
May 5, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
ESSENTIAL reading today: @MxAbdulAliy's latest, renewing call for a full/transparent investigation of the mishandling of the remains of MOVE children, Delisha and Tree Africa. There's too much misinformation circulating; new report out today clears up what we know: A THREAD
Start out by reading Abdul-Aliy's commentary, which includes at the end a 20-page report by Paul Wolff Mitchell, Penn anthro PhD student, who combed the Temple U archives on the handling of the remains in 1985-86 after this news broke. inquirer.com/opinion/commen…
Apr 27, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Today The MOVE Family held an emotional press conference, during which Penn Museum derailed MOVE’s intention to “speak for themselves” by creating a spectacle around an “apology" that had not been delivered to MOVE directly.
MOVE made it clear that (1) NO ONE from Penn/Princeton reached out; (2) they were told their babies were buried 35 years ago; (3) they have ZERO trust in the city/Penn; (4) "defiling” of their children’s remains follows LONG history of state murder of MOVE children prior to 1985
Apr 23, 2021 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
MOVE is family to me. I haven’t been able to sleep since finding out over the wknd that Penn museum has allowed faculty/students FOR DECADES to manhandle the remains of Delisha and Tree Africa, two MOVE children killed in the 1985 bombing, in the name of research and teaching
If, somehow you missed this on your timeline yesterday, start with the @MxAbdulAliy article, calling for reparations inquirer.com/opinion/commen…
