The Supreme Court has not banned the use of race in college admissions. Learn how 'race neutral' metrics disadvantage Black, Latinx, Native, and many Asian students.
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
Examine the implications of Affirmative Action in a modern America of kaleidoscopic diversity. Learn how the policy has helped Black people, and how it is increasingly applied to other groups.
Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦
Writes about economics, tweets about rabbits. For serious opinions/analysis, read my blog: https://t.co/KfUxUlCYPz
We can have historically low unemployment rates when we reduce inequality in unemployment. This thread dives deeper into the employment report and explores how labor market improvements for African Americans are not just about the record low unemployment rate.
Betsey Stevenson
Former Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers & Chief Economist at Labor. Current academic economist at Michigan. Always an economist at home.
Life costs more if you're deaf or disabled. Today we're joining more than 68 other charities to urge the UK Government to put deaf and disabled people at the heart of its response to the cost of living crisis. Show your support by sharing our posts.
RNID
Together, we’ll make life more inclusive for people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.
My daughter's friends all signed up for SHSAT tutoring, then changed their minds when they looked at the admission stats for Black kids. Seeing how few Black students were successful enough to gain entry, they decided it was better not to try.
Ida Bae Wells
Reporter @nytmag//Creator #1619Project//EP #1619Hulu//Co-founder @IBWellsSociety //Founder @c4jdhowardu //Knight Chair @howardu//
Learn how woke totalitarianism is a symptom, not a cause. Understand how groups on both the left and right have their hair on fire on issues that require understanding, trade offs, and proportionality.
Peter McCormack🏴☠️
#Bitcoin + Football + Metal + Bedford + Host of @whatbitcoindid + Chairman of @realbedford - budget Ryan Reynolds
As a proud union member, learn why graduate students at the University of Maine deserve access to the same health plan as faculty and staff, and why they should be given fair wages and better working conditions.
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
Paleoecologist @UMaine trying to be a good ancestor. Climate change, biodiversity, extinction. @MakeAPlanetPod @OurWarmRegards She/her 🏳️🌈
In 1973, SCOTUS ruled in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez that it was legal to fund public schools by local property taxes. This ruling has had a lasting impact on educational opportunities, particularly for students of color.
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍
The election slates of major professional organizations should not be dominated by senior big-name scholars from elite universities. We should strive to get the most qualified and best choice to lead our organizations.
Kevin Gannon
Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist. Wrote: https://t.co/coMr1VoO4L. Will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. He/him
Harvard has a long way to go before it stops being a place to meet high income people. This blog discusses the networking value of the university and urges people to think harder about the issue.
Adam Ozimek
Chief economist at @InnovateEconomy. Host of the EconTwitter Water Cooler, live on twitter spaces and downloadable here: https://t.co/toyjfDruRu
There is no such thing as a 'race neutral' policy. There are only racist policies, which produce inequitable and unjust outcomes, and antiracist policies, which produce equitable and just outcomes. This thread discusses the impact of these policies on racial equality.
Ibram X. Kendi
Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar @BU_Tweets • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍