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interviewing nerd dominic | BLM ShutdownSTEM

djneuronnerd

Real talk: during PhD interviews, a presentation about a minority science program talked about how “Asians” are well-represented in STEM compared to Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals. It disheartened me

Ilhan Omar

IlhanMN

There seems to be a continued effort to malign Black activists and the people who represent them, so here is a brief thread on what I saw happen this election.

Dr. C. M. Chattan

doctorbaixue

I say this as a member of several oppressed groups: I really don't jive with using "Listen to [members of x oppressed group]!" as a blanket statement.1) I've seen it

Rachel Thomas

math_rachel

There has been some great work on framing AI ethics issues as ultimately about power.I want to elaborate on *why* power imbalances are a problem. 1/ *Why* power imbalances are

Jolene Almendarez

jalmendarez57

My article with 15 years worth of no-knock warrant data was published today, clearly showing racial disparities in how they're executed in the city. We're publishing it just as council

carl tart

TartyNextDoor

Hey @OleMissRebels, it’s your 2019 Inaugural Homecoming King here, publicly announcing my refusal to come back to campus in any capacity if this shrine commemorating the confederacy is erected. The

Aaron Chalfin

ajc730

New working paper joint with @benconomics, @emilyweisburst and @MWillJr that considers the race-specific effects of a larger police force in the U.S. https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28202/w28202.pdf We find that, in most c

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

I call it the "privilege of individuality."White people aren't accustomed to being defined by the actions of others. If a white man shoots up a school, it's a dude shooting

Hilary Hughes

hilmonstah

I've been thinking a lot about Memphis in the last year, and how its history - and music history - is so crucial to the bedrock of American popular music.

μatthεw

theKeenComdr

Let’s be real about the biblical quotes being thrown out by Qliticians right now. Regardless of your belief; in their historical contexts, the passages they quote are antithetical to what

Mekka *My Mask Protects You* Okereke

mekkaokereke

This resonates so hard.The reason I like free cash flow: Before running Commerce then Growth on Play, I ran Developer Services (monetization) on Amazon App store. Before that, CEO of

Al Jazeera English

AJEnglish

Amid a global uprising against racism, there has been increased interest in learning about forgotten figures in history.Here are five Black Britons whose stories are rarely told https://aje.io/ccbd8 Fanny Eaton

Daniel Baryon

apeirophobic

Early on, the police began rounding up the homeless and dropping them off at the boundary of the zone. It was a sort of "fuck you" to CHOP. They thought

Delta

Delta

Black History Month celebrates the impact Black heritage has had on our country. As we look back at history, it's also important to show how we're driving change for the

Mike McHargue

mikemchargue

One of the weirdo Facebook groups about mystical spirituality today started talking about the need for a "New Reformation" in the Christian faith last week. I've been mulling that over

Black Public Health Collective

blkpublichealth

.@UofT_dlsph has created a course for public health graduate students to learn about policing, data, and public health. This article has raised some serious concerns about the potential harms of

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