Professor | Scholar, Teacher, & Author of Disabilities of the Color Line https://xitter.cf/t.co/ssCVV589ap | he/him/his
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Dennis Tyler retweeted
I thought it might helpful for some of you to read what Morrison said about difficulty and her own aims as a writer. First, some context: her master's thesis at Cornell in the fifties was on the (not yet canonical) high modernists Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner. Thread/1
Dennis Tyler retweeted
these people went from “please submit your diversity statement with your application” to “if your syllabus does not affirm white supremacist christian nationalism, you will be fired” in record time.
Dennis Tyler retweeted
I see folks in the ChatGPT college discourse calling for a return to blue books, presentations, no screens, etc. But we should have hard convos re: how we ceded those things in the name of “accessibility.” We can do both, but the state of accommodations needs to be addressed.
Dennis Tyler retweeted
Mahmoud should be home in NYC with his wife and newborn son.
Instead he’s in a prison cell a thousand miles away.
Not because he has been accused of any crime—but only because he expressed political views that the Trump administration disfavors.
Dennis Tyler retweeted
I heard it may be sung today, during the superbowl, in the manner it was first performed: by 500 schoolchildren (in Jacksonville Florida)
Feb. 12th will be the 125th anniversary of the first performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” That song has lessons for today. bookshop.org/p/books/may-we-…
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RIP ❤️ Professor Kiah Duggins was among those lost in the mid-air plane collision at Reagan National Airport. Professor Duggins was set to begin a new chapter as a professor at Howard University School of Law this fall. May her memory be a blessing.
Dennis Tyler retweeted
You can read Selamawit D. Terrefe’s obituary here: sdterrefe.com/selamawitterre…
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In the wake of immense loss, I have gathered some of Selamawit D. Terrefe’s articles in one place. It is my hope that you will engage them deeply and repetitively 🕊️
drive.google.com/file/d/1-ft…
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Huge congrats to Marlene Daut & Sara Johnson, co-winners of the @YaleGLC 2024 Frederick Douglass Prize!! macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stori…
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"She [Nikki Giovanni] was a contrarian yet utterly original, warm yet suffered no fools, wrote children’s books but could curse up a storm—some might say she fit her zodiac sign, which supplied the title for her memoir, Gemini." -- @Deardarkness
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Dennis Tyler retweeted
We are able to see a wildfire along the NJ/NY border from space courtesy of @NOAASatellites. Some of this smoke/haze may be visible further south into NYC. Smaller fires are also faintly visible, one in central Passaic County, one in SE Orange County, one in SW Putnam County.
Dennis Tyler retweeted
The @NYSDEC has placed New York City, Rockland, and Westchester in an Air Quality Alert until 11 pm tonight. This is due to particulate matter as a result of wildfires in N NJ. The AQI is unhealthy for sensitive groups. For more, head to airnow.gov
ALT Airnow image with poor air quality
Dennis Tyler retweeted
Langston Hughes
ALT "I am so tired of waiting, / Aren't you, / For the world to become good / And beautiful and kind?"
