@badasspapamark.bsky.social
Professor of African American Studies and History at Fordham University. Founder and Director, Bronx African American History Project. Most popular course: "From Rock and Roll to Hip Hop." Defender of Public Education. Lover of Sports and Good Food.
As we can see from which books are being banned and whose portraits are being taken down, attacking DEI and Critical Race Theory is just a new way of attacking Black History and Black People.
Columbia Protesters and Gaza
For those upset by protesters who seized a room in Columbia's Butler Library before they were removed by police-Whatever injuries they inflicted on people or property at Columbia is dwarfed by the violence Israel is inflicting on people and the built environment in Gaza
No major university will voluntarily relinquish control of admissions and faculty hiring. This is a battle the Trump administration will lose, even if it inflicts unimaginable hardship on the universities it targets.
We need a 24 hour vigil outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture to prevent Trump Administration officials from trying to shut down any of its exhibits!
#saynotofascism
Some Good News!
The Trump Administration is so Incompetent that it’s giving Fascism a bad name!!
Every morning when you wake up say
NO!
Then say it again
NO!
This is what Canada did!
This is what China did!
This is what Harvard did!
You can do it too!
Every day!
I jost posted this article on #TheEducatorsRoom, for whom I will now be a regular columnist on higher education issues.
theeducatorsroom.com/dei/
Our universities are far from perfect institutions- but resisting fascism requires a strong civil society, so we need to defend their autonomy from government edicts which seek to control what people teach and what subjects professors and students focus their research on
Some people will lose everything
Many people will go broke
But in the face of all the madness
I wont stop being “woke.”
Some people are about to discover that rage and hate don’t pay the rent and put food on the table.
I don’t feel like I am living in a dictatorship.
I feel like I am living in a toxic environment produced by would be dictators who can’t achieve their ultimate goal. but are willing to inflict unimaginable pain in a desperate effort to get there
Do not concede defeat.
They are not going to win.
Food from Johnson’s BBQ is making my students very happy!!! They ate all the ribs, chicken and mac and cheese!
I will not give an inch to racists and fascists, not today, not tomorrow, not ever.
I am not sure that makes much of a difference.
But I had to say it anyway just to clear the air!
://forward.com/fast-forward/706834/palestinian-director-of-no-other-land-beaten-and-arrested-in-the-west-bank/
Will historians of the future say:
“The liberal arts, and the historic mission of great universities, died at Columbia without a whimper.”
Is there any resistance to what just happened?
Where are the leaders?
If Columbia held out longer, it would have given other universities time to prepare
It’s really quite simple. There are too many of us to control if we refuse to obey.
Just watch! We are about to head into the Springtime of Anti-Fascism!
Every morning when you wake up, look in the mirror and shout "I'm Not Dead Yet!"
Concede Nothing
Resist Everything
Get in the Face of Those Who Would Deport Your Neighbors, Friends and Colleagues
No better time than now to put on this tee shirt. Fascism—like bullying- thrives on compliance.
The most effective resistance to Trump is coming from Canada, Europe, and those everywhere who hate Teslas and Elon Musk, a large and growing group which seems to cross party lines.
Remember, the Trump/Musk attempted Coup is an historic moment. It is not the end of History
Today, after a great night's sleep, I felt better, mentally and physically, than I have in months.
This snowflake is not going to melt.
I will be ready to fight fascism for however long it takes
And how will I fight?
By following the edict "Go hard or go home!"