#History

Martin Fiszbein

MartinFiszbein

Rugged individualism may be the backbone of American innovativeness and resourcefulness, but it can also be dangerous—particularly during a pandemic that desperately calls for collective action. 1/n These dangers were

Marcos Balter

MarcosBalter

THREAD: OK, real talk time. It is LONG overdue to pay Joseph Boulogne some respect. But, we need to retire that offensive "Black Mozart" nickname. If anything, we should call

john milbank

johnmilbank3

Thoughts on empire:1. All political power us ambivalent. Vertical violence of ‘the state’ tends to limit horizontal power between people and between tribes. There is new oppression, but also a

Óðin

OAIIfather

Real Madrid disrespects club legends [a thread] Zidane: Joined Real Madrid as a player and became a club legend. After he retired and became a manager, he began as Ancelotti’s

cynthia 🪐🦔✨

DrMCScrewhammer

ok so libraries historically were sites to promote assimilation and uphold white supremacy. Libraries were segregated spaces too. Somehow, that history is regularly erased in the lis profession. Yet lis

katemessner

KateMessner

In a recent review of The Next President, someone objected to the page that discusses America's first presidents because it includes the fact that most of them enslaved people. I'd

Fouru2get2no1776

HB04920973

You all figure it out yet ?It's not a left it right issue. It's not a racist issue. It's not a political issue . It's the 1% against the people.

han

hanpersands

thinking about how i've never heard a non-queer person use the word queer in my life, but sure did grow up hearing gay and lezzy/lesbo used as pejoratives which is

Ryan J. Pilcher

RyanPilcher13

Excited to listen to Prof. Tyler Stovall's talk about his new book, "White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea"https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691179469/white-freedom Stovall on the Capitol building: Why not

schmoo

samuel_ernest

some thoughts re: #scholarstrikeAt my undergraduate and graduate institutions, and at other universities as well, I've occasionally heard white whispering, complaints about constructive theological methods employed by some Black profess

John McCourt

mccourtitaly

James Joyce died on this day in 1941. His passing was noted in Ireland with a mixture of relief, indifference, and some regret. The Tuam Herald referred to him as

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

I assure you that even if Biden takes Texas, the same people who wanted to abolish the electoral college yesterday will continue to want to abolish the electoral college tomorrow.Some

The Social Justice Skittermander

The_Stuart_H

Is it fair to compare The Doofness to Hitler? Yes and in this thread I will explain why Hi everyone, it's time to learn from my basic understanding of history

Dmitry Grozoubinski

DmitryOpines

1/ My pet theory on conservative culture wars the world over is they can be effective politically but only provided the government doesn't get carried and actually try to do

Christopher Hope📝

christopherhope

In this weekend's Sunday TelegraphExclusive: Universities face fines as part of 'twin assault' by Government ministers on cancel culture https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/02/13/exclusive-universities-face-fines-part-twi

Ed Barnard

ewbarnard

1. So there was a guy named Benedict Arnold. His name is pretty famous within the USA. But the *reason* might be interesting. Do you recall? (Thread, cc @cookietpa)General Arnold

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