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Rubén González

@_rugonzalez

Greenfield, CA Raised • PhD Candidate @StanfordEd • 2022 Ford Predoc Fellow • 2024 NAEd/Spencer Diss Fellow • #FromPushOutToPhD

 Donde me lleve el viento
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In high school, I was labeled gang-related and once suspended for wearing red. Today, I'm praised for wearing red. This fall I begin my Ph.D. @StanfordEd with the fantastic advisors @anterobot & @DrSubini! Not bad for a high school push out. #educolor #firstgen #FromPushOutToPhD
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Academics love to decolonize everything and praise anticolonial movements of the past yet are quick to condemn anticolonial resistance as it unfolds before their eyes.
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zellie@zellieimaniJun 27
Zionism is not a religion. It is a political ideology rooted in white supremacy and settler colonialism, designed to eliminate the indigenous population of Palestine. There is no Israel without the genocide of Palestinians.
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Ken Burns
@KenBurnsFeb 23
Today we celebrate the birthday of one of our country’s greatest scholars and activists W.E.B Du Bois. I’m looking forward to the new doc on his life and work, REBEL WITH A CAUSE. Here’s an early look.
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Leah Goodridge@leahfrombklynFeb 23
Exactly. Always the expectation…
Moreover, the societal expectation of Block forgiveness seemed to be endemic to having a fixed skin in the workplace. Fear of black rage spurred, vagrancy and loitering laws, after all. Black forgiveness soothed anxiety that there was not any rage, thus hug your brother‘s murderer, proclaim a church bomber has been forgiven – be gracious and dignified. The question remained; why did I have to build my tolerance threshold to acclimate to a hostile environment but the people creating that environment could remain the same?

ALT Moreover, the societal expectation of Block forgiveness seemed to be endemic to having a fixed skin in the workplace. Fear of black rage spurred, vagrancy and loitering laws, after all. Black forgiveness soothed anxiety that there was not any rage, thus hug your brother‘s murderer, proclaim a church bomber has been forgiven – be gracious and dignified. The question remained; why did I have to build my tolerance threshold to acclimate to a hostile environment but the people creating that environment could remain the same?

Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) profile pictureJemele Hill
@jemelehillFeb 23
Asking for more grace for the person who shouted a racist slur instead of for Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who had to push through being embarrassed in front of their peers. But that’s often the expectation — that Black people are just supposed to be ok with being disrespected and dehumanized so that other people don’t feel bad.
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Thousands of people detained by ICE are actually held in local, publicly operated jails. These facilities–run by elected sheriffs–are making money off of the federal government's deportation agenda.
U.S. map showing that in 25 states and D.C., federal agencies like ICE and the U.S. Marshals only detain people using local jails. In other states, jails play a part in the detention network alongside federal or private facilities. In Arizona, Delaware, and Hawaii no local jails provide substantial detention space to these agencies.

ALT U.S. map showing that in 25 states and D.C., federal agencies like ICE and the U.S. Marshals only detain people using local jails. In other states, jails play a part in the detention network alongside federal or private facilities. In Arizona, Delaware, and Hawaii no local jails provide substantial detention space to these agencies.

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FINALLY OUT! Have your libraries order and circulate amongs colleagues. Book royalties will go to the @sameerproject. A cheaper paperback version will be out soon. If you wish to buy the ebook version you can contact me and I will share the 30% discount code.
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zellie@zellieimani14 Apr 2025
Since the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling, over 150 cities in 32 states have passed or expanded laws banning homeless encampments. Most offer no new shelter beds or housing. Cities are responding to a housing crisis with punishment, not solutions. And no one is stopping them.
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Dr. Darius Phelps@drdphelps7 Mar 2025
I’m excited to share these sessions that are close to my heart, rooted in story, poetry, and liberation. Let’s come together and explore how we can create classrooms that are spaces of healing, empowerment, and belonging! @ILReadCouncil
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Excited about this new pub! Check it out!
Rubén González (@_rugonzalez) profile pictureRubén González@_rugonzalez16 Feb 2025
Check out our new piece! @LoveJones_6 and I explore how young people are NOT “too young” to discuss certain topics like prison and police abolition! doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2382
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Check out our new piece! @LoveJones_6 and I explore how young people are NOT “too young” to discuss certain topics like prison and police abolition! doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2382
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After the First Intifada, Edward Said wrote that "the occupation will get worse" but "the record is unmistakable as to who is for peace, who for bloodshed and suffering."
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scholars tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent. —Rabea Eghbariah
Eman Abdelhadi (@emanabdelhadi) profile pictureEman Abdelhadi
@emanabdelhadi20 Jan 2025
The pens have been lifted. The ink is dry. Those of you who did nothing during 470 days of genocide have been written into history as cowards with no moral courage. Those of you who erased, obfuscated, and defended Israel have been written into history as murderers.
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Honored to receive the Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation Award from the @NCSSNetwork
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Jonathan Rosa@DrJonathanRosa17 Oct 2024
Grateful for a recent dialogue with @TaliamSherman about language & race on the Tomayto Tomahto podcast podcastaddict.com/tomayto-to…
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How can teachers guide students through a critical analysis of race and emotions using historical sources? Check out my new piece where I discuss my CARE Framework! @NCSSNetwork
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AnterO))) Garcia@anterobot11 Oct 2024
NEW BOOK ALERT!! Thrilled to announce my forthcoming book co-authored with Alix Dick: The Cost of Being Undocumented: One Woman's Reckoning with America's Inhumane Math. Coming in June 2025 from @BeaconPressBks. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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