Dr Avery Smith

Academic studying race, settler-colonialism, and whiteness. Black American in Aotearoa. she/they ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

Thanks @etangata for publishing this article. It’s important to me that we understand these incidents aren’t isolated but are informed by our histories.

[E-Tangata @etangata]

“The feeling I had when I saw those shitheads in Kaimai wasn’t fear. It was rage. Ancestral rage. The kind that’s embodied by me in this moment, but is not mine alone.” — Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit on a quiz team in KKK costumes.

https://t.co/uYv30GGbbB

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

In this episode, we talk about dismantling communicative inequalities with Professor Dutta. We discussed how Te Tiriti offers global lessons for resisting hate, the concept of "communicative sovereignty", and why academics are accountable to the communities they serve.

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

In this episode of Unsettling Extremism, I spoke to Dr M. R. Dentith about conspiracy theories: what they are, the purpose they serve, and why believing in conspiracies can be rational. Ready to question your thinking about conspiracy theories?🤔
https://t.co/qvjyQJEwdk

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

Replacement Conspiracy Theory has moved from the margins to the center socially and politically. On this episode of Unsettling Extremism, we explore what Replacement Conspiracy is and what it looks like in Aotearoa. https://t.co/wgvDMTpqGN Transcript https://t.co/qBXEtIW2nP

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

How can literature inform our understanding of racism, white supremacy, and extremism in Aotearoa? We explore this and more with award-winning author Dr. Tina Makereti on our latest episode of Unsettling Extremism. Find it wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/Cg5Gj4ezwW

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

Great event yesterday! Thanks to @UNANZ for hosting and to the speakers for their insightful perspectives.

[UNA NZ @UNANZ]

For Human Rights Day 2024 we were delighted to host a seminar @NZParliament on the topic of "Disinformation: Safeguarding Human Rights in the Digital Sphere". We were honoured to have Green Party Co-Leader @_ChloeSwarbrick MP as host keynote speaker, followed by an expert panel.

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

Kia ora e te whānau! I’ll be moderating a discussion with a panel of experts as we talk about disinformation as part of Human Rights Day. Get your tickets now!

[UNA NZ @UNANZ]

Join us on Tuesday 3 December for our International Human Rights Day 2024 seminar on theme "Disinformation: Safeguarding Human Rights in the Digital Sphere". We are honoured @_ChloeSwarbrick MP, Co-Leader @NZGreens, will be our host and keynote speaker. https://t.co/1hryhsfUYC

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

Big shoutout to Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke! You are an intellectual and political force. Ke rawe!

[judas 🏳️‍⚧️ @ancestuh]

This blew my mind 🤯 every colonised ethnicity needs to listen to this

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

On our latest episode of Unsettling Extremism, I spoke with @byroncclark about his book Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists, the evolution of his research on social movements, and the harassment he faced due to this work. https://t.co/uTK3N2MdoM

[Corey J. Miles @CoreyMiles__]

all science is social

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

@1NRSmith No, sorry. Time to get a librarian on the case!

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

The world would benefit from studying my father’s #KingianNonviolence, including the first step: Information Gathering. Too often, we act without knowing all the facts. Let’s listen more and speak with understanding.

#Nonviolence365 #ListenMore

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

There is another, more specific word for what this is. No it’s not bias, it’s called racism. https://t.co/9GFv2hs04s

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

What can be done about online hate? Should Aotearoa take steps to protect targeted groups from online hate? Listen to @Pspoonley talk about this and more on the latest episode of Unsettling Extremism. https://t.co/jDaJx9Uhpy

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

What role does white anxiety play in the rise of populism in Aotearoa and abroad? Paul Spoonley @Pspoonley and I discuss this, the radical right and more in the latest episode of Unsettling Extremism. Find it wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/jDaJx9Uhpy

[Propane Jane™ 🔥💣 @docrocktex26]

Identity politics weren’t an issue until everyone who isn’t a straight White man/woman started demanding (and winning) a seat at the table and the power/privilege to make policy.

[Dr Avery Smith @Avery_Smit]

If you read one thing today, let it be this article by ⁦@StanleyLizzy⁩

‘In moments of reverie, I imagine the activities if the current political demands for dealing with ‘crime’ were directed to state and faith offenders.’

https://t.co/29f7mDjdxw

[Je'lon Alexander, M.A. @JelonAlexander]

Today is July 20, 2024, the start of the first chapter of Octavia Butler’s #ParableOfTheSower

Happy Parable Day.