2024 Camargo Prize Winner (Cassis, France). 2021 Mellon Fellow @DuBoisUMass. 2021 IAAR Faculty Fellow. 2020 Johnson Fellow @iah_unc. Du Boisian. Cici's Gigi.
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Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
Pulitzer Prize winning author @nhannahjones on conservatives who say Harvard President Claudine Gay only kept her job because she's Black.
“It's racist. It defies logic. And the fact that of those presidents, who all came under intense scrutiny, that only one has been called out as a so-called diversity or affirmative action hire, just speaks to what Black women in this country have gone through historically and continue to go through every day”
@OED: I was just looking up "antiphrasis" when I came upon your example of a 16th century usage: "1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 159 Antiphrasis, or the Broad floute..as..to [say to] a Negro..in good sooth ye are a faire one."
This example should not be used. I am certain that there are other examples that would prove progressive rather than regressive and racist. And if @OED wrongly insists upon using it, it should provide contextualization that makes clear the pejorative nature of such phrasing.
Of course, if @OED wishes to be relevant to the global human rights movement, this and all other anti-Black racist lexical entries will be removed from the dictionary (ideally) or critically annotated (at the very least).
Hey @Jeopardy: Freedom's Journal was the first African American newspaper, founded in 1827. It preceded your cited New Orleans "Daily Creole" by nearly 30 years!
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
From the Washington Post Editorial Board:
Trump caused the assault on the Capitol. He must be removed. wapo.st/38ldXTH
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
Impeachment or 25th amendment. Either is fine. Must happen now. Trump shouldn't be in office another day.
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
Durhamites, restaurants need your support more than ever. When temperatures dropped and students went home, sales plummeted for everyone. We are asking for you to pledge to order takeout food from any INDEPENDENT restaurant 1-2X per week please. #DurhamTakeoutPledge
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
The lawsuit was led by @NAACP, public school parents and school districts across the country and aimed to protect critical COVID-19 aid for public schools & their students
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VICTORY! A federal court has ruled that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education cannot divert desperately needed money away from public schools and into private schools!
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“Tokenism is not done to benefit minorities, not even the token minorities used in the scheme. Tokenism is done for the benefit of white people, to make them feel more comfortable and less complicit in the prejudice and bias ...” @ElieNYC thenation.com/article/politi…
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
Don’t be fooled: Your paycheck might go up a little bit now, but you’re going to pay for it later. @Forbes explains.
forbes.com/sites/zackfriedma…
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
Does anyone have photos of Barbara Christian? There are very few online and not as many as we would like in her papers at Berkeley. So consider this a community call. #CiteBlackWomen. Please RT. @viet_t_nguyen @BerkeleyAfroAm @EthnicUc
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: We just won a preliminary injunction in our Felony Disenfranchisement case. North Carolinians who remain on probation or parole solely for failing to pay fines and fines will be allowed to vote in November. Details coming soon. #ForwardTogether
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
"To contemplate the world, our department and campus without Randall and all that he gave... we've all been leaning heavily on each other and remembering the body of work that Randall left us," says @metaphorme.
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher retweeted
Join us today at 12:40pm today for a tribute to the great Randall Kenan. We'll talk to two of his colleagues and friends, @metaphorme and @epatrickjohnson about his life and legacy.
Stream at wunc.org.
