45 years ago today in Milliken v. Bradley, the Supreme Court let the suburbs - and the states where they sat - get away with their role in segregation, confining desegregation efforts within school district boundaries.
Thurgood Marshall wrote a powerful dissent. He first noted
@amy_roost@nhannahjones This was the premise of the FHA ending its redlining practices in the 1960s--on the condition that Black homeownership remain segregated. My book comes out in October: https://t.co/e3tXdWGokt
Think about how insane this is. The US government is literally arguing, in court, that people living on this planet do not have a right to a liveable climate.
This is more than sociopathic; it is genocidal. It is a worldview that can only mean extinction.
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WE WILL NO LONGER USE the GRE for admissions decisions in keeping w/ a nationwide trend and under advice from @umichgradschool & @umichLSA. Studies show GRE correlates w/ economic status, race & gender rather likelihood of grad school success. Pls RT #GRExit
Black boys get a lot of attention when it comes to unfair disciplinary action. That attention is warranted. But, black girls are being overly punished, too. Really striking story of a black girl in Houston & accompanying facts and figures that illustrate this overlooked crisis.
Among the most depressing emails I have ever received, from Sky News: 'Dear Simon, due to details about the royal baby’s appearance we will no longer be able to do the interview on the SA election." #priorities
In "City Services by Design: Policy Feedback, Social Construction, and Inequality" @pgrogs23 (@CSU_Urban PhD student) and I review @trounstine new book. @SLGReview https://t.co/0E4A5zN29g
"Empowerment" is a "neoliberal word that places the responsibility for combating systems on individuals...Empowerment & power are not the same. We must quit mistaking the two. Better yet, we must quit settling for one when what we really need is the other." - Brittney Cooper.
We are so excited that our partners on Capitol Hill have reintroduced the National American #LatinoMuseum Act in Congress. We need a museum to share & celebrate our history in our nation's capital!
So, as promised, I have some thoughts on @povertyscholar’s “Fragmented Democracy” and they mostly boil down to this: You should teach this book because it allows you to talk about how to do excellent political science research....