Amanda Sahar d’Urso

Oh thank you so much! 😭

HUD Home | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.

All intellectual takes about HUD.gov aside, it’s kinda tacky.

"Power to the Partners" by Maraam Dwidar

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Happy "The Life of a Showgirl" release week!

In anticipation of Taylor Swift's newest album, I present the 2025 edition of "Taylor Swift as American politics books":

"Coverage Denied" by @mirandayaver.bsky.social

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#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -

What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans - https://cup.org/4mxrcUd

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Literally my husband was saying the same thing 😅

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😭😭 omg thank you. Yes, huge s/o to the editors and reviewers for that.

Thank you!

OMG CANNOT WAIT TO READ THAT!

😭 also OO! What are you working on! 🤩

I bet something similar happens with them!

Thank you for sharing. 😊

It wasn't really solo, because people like you kept me afloat. ❤️🙏

Scholarship like this could not have happened without scholars like you and Dr. Richeson!! 🥰

😭 Still doesn't feel entirely real!

Thank you for the repost!

And thank you, as well, for funding from the APSA DDRIG ( @elizabethbitmeehan.com ) and the Rapoport Family Foundation

Thank you to the editors, six anonymous reviewers, Dr. Svraka, and everyone in my community who made this happen over the course of 7 years @mattnelsen.bsky.social @aecoppock.bsky.social @nuraphd.bsky.social @kassrao.bsky.social @nazita.bsky.social @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social @mfroman.bsky.social

As identities become more visible and politically salient, addressing the consequences of category exclusion is essential, both for the integrity of social science and for democratic inclusion.

However, when MENA identity *is* acknowledged, answers to those questions are no different from when racial/ethnic self-categorization is not asked until the end of the survey.

Across the two survey experiments, exclusion of a "MENA" category leads to identity assertion (via response substitution) on MENA related questions, POC related questions, but NOT on questions unrelated to identity.

Across two survey experiments & in-depth interviews, I find exclusion from official identity categories triggers the experience of categorization threat, a psychological response rarely linked to political behavior. This threat leads to assertion of MENA identity on relevant political questions.

Middle Eastern and North African Americans are politically visible yet institutionally invisible, long categorized as “white” by the U.S. government despite neither self-categorizing nor racially assigned as such. Most forms don't include a "MENA" category when asking about racial/ethnic identity.

Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
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This is such a good book, y'all. An important read for those interested in gender and American political development as well.

Race, Rights, and Rifles An eye-opening examination of the ties between American gun culture and white male supremacy from the American Revolution to today. One-third of American adults—approximately 86 million people—own fir...

One great reading on the ideological/partisan asymmetry in American politics re: political violence in rhetoric, action, and oppression is @afilindra.bsky.social's Race, Rights, & Rifles.

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Right? I just wanna say: “listen, past me was dumb. Current me is less dumb than past me. Please let me be evolved 😭”