Since bigotry has learned to spoof the language of inclusion, I recommend paying attention to arguments that amount to "it's the existence of other people that oppresses and negates me." It's how you know somebody's identity is centered in exclusion of others.

I recently discussed #HowToBeAnAntiracist with Brené Brown who has spent her career revealing the power of vulnerability and empathy, which we need in this moment to be antiracist and build an antiracist society. This is a conversation I won't forget. brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-…

When we ask Black junior faculty to take on big projects to address racism in our universities, how are we going to honor that? Does this work count as first-author peer-reviewed publications when it is time to go up for tenure? This is a serious question.

VIRUS Let me give you a hypothetical scenario. Imagine, as best as you can, that there's a virus. To help your imaginations, I'll describe this virus.

Dear physicists: I just had to write an email that said, "In future comparative histories of 1936 and 2020, I want to be written up as someone who said 'let’s not'" Consider joining me and maybe 2021 won't be like 1937

Tonight I’ve made a criminal referral to the New Jersey Attorney General asking him to empanel a grand jury to look at subversion of NJ election laws by donald trump, louis dejoy, and other trump officials in their accelerating arson of the post office.

NOW: Can confirm through talking with several postal workers and managers in several different locations that Mark Meadows is lying.

In the autumn I am teaching a 300-level “Introduction to Black Studies” for the first time (the first at my uni, too). We are beginning with The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James and ending with selected writings by Ruth Wilson Gilmore. The central organizing concept is liberation.

.Joe Biden made me a better president. I’m asking you to believe in his and Kamala’s ability to help make us a better country. More importantly, I’m asking you to believe in your own and to help them, in this election and beyond. pscp.tv/w/1BRJjYWDVopGw

My friend Sarah Kendzior was asking me about this, so I’ll share what I told her. This sounds to me like Trump is telegraphing the possibility of entering the “discard phase” of his relationship with his supporters. Which—schedenfreude aside—would be a dangerous thing. 1/x

For all the "patriotic history" buffs out there: Historical contextualization is not a "Get Out of Jail Free" card that exempts your heroes from critical judgment. Historical contextualization is how we know their views were questioned and their actions resisted in their time.

Supreme Court of Canada: It’s their treaty right to fish CBC: So anyway, the Mi’kmaq allege they have the right to fish

It’s reported that Stacey Abrams worked relentlessly to register over 800,000 new voters across Georgia who were affected by voter suppression in time for the U.S elections. That is some impact 👏🏾🇺🇸

Congratulations Shakira! 🎓Dr.S.Brathwaite👏🏾 - We are so proud of you & the Class of 2021 on your graduation from @QueensU Medical School today - Queen's Health Sciences Black Physicians of Canada, @bmscanada, QMed Black Medical Student Association, Black Physicians' Association of Ontario Ontario Med Students

My wife, Ingrid Gagnon, has been working to advance the national conversation on living with dementia.

There is a 100% chance that conservatives 30 years from now will be scolding black activists for not being more like Colin Kaepernick, whose ideals and methods they always revered. x.com/burnschade/sta…