On #PresidentsDay, it is important to recall that at least twelve U.S. presidents enslaved Black people, eight while in office. Two-thirds of the first 18 presidents collectively enslaved nearly 2,000 Black people. We know what largely built this nation, and it wasn’t freedom.
@aziz009 Really good read. I was just reflecting on some of this from a Roark ad I received in the mail. Taussig, Veblen, and Durkheim should be or are invited to this discussion.
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#educ738 Q2 I'm optimistic about the potential of social media providing platform/voice/sounding board for more people--especially marginalized and groups that are devalued in our society--but that also assumes a particular access to technology, [media] literacy & social cache.
@tweet4research what about teaching critical media literacy instead of just labeling content real or fake? if we do the latter, who are the authorities?