Cheryl Dong

Asst. Prof., Ph.D in Public History at BGSU, Black Panther Historian, Mom, Avid SFF Reader. Views are my own!

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

I wrote a thing!

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

"Given the renewed public interest, it is well overdue for Afeni Shakur to emerge from the shadow of her son and take her place as one of the mothers of the Black Power Movement," writes @cx_dong today at @BlkPerspectives. https://t.co/6FI3wp8qjt

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

My grad students are AMAZING!!!

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@profblmkelley Put some greens, ham and an egg in it and then add some spices and sesame oil and it’s an okay dinner. I’d never eat it just out of the pack.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@profblmkelley It’s beautiful!

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

Congratulations!!!!! 🎉🍾🎈 so great to see you all do it!

[Melody HunterPillion @mhphistorychat]

Passed my oral comp exam today! New PhD Candidate at UNC. Who dis?
Thank you to my NCSU committee members, Drs. @profblmkelley, @TammySGordon @ebony__pearl , Dr. Victoria Gallagher for your support and guidance.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@profblmkelley Is Twitter really going away at this point?

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@WhatAboutClass It is! But I like the idea of maybe one monograph. I TAed for Glatthaar’s survey and he assigned three short monographs and two shorter memoirs so the heavy readings can work.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@WhatAboutClass Have to check it out! I’ve been assigning book chapters and articles in surveys rather than books. How’s it working?

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

The system of parenting that creates Asian American model minorities is often emotionally and physically abusive. The pursuit of an elite education was not worth the cycles of self-destructive behavior ingrained into me by a culture that only valued narrowly defined success.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

The reversal of affirmative action serves white supremacy by giving them free rein to discriminate based on an ever changing array of “color blind” qualifications while cutting of interracial coalition building.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

What saddens me more is the vicious anti-Blackness that runs in Asian American communities. This Supreme Court case exploits the real anxieties of Asian Americans and gives them the specter of “undeserving” Black and Brown students as the enemy.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

I’m going to say the obvious: The reversal of affirmative action will not result in a “flood” of Asian American students into elite universities long term—it will only change the goal posts of success to benefit white supremacy.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@ayeegreen Congrats!!!

[Roman Feiman @RomanFeiman]

Every year I read a lot of grad school applications from accomplished people that don't give me the info I'm looking for. It feels like a major hidden curriculum thing. So here's (my opinion on) how to write a great Statement of Purpose/Research for a PhD program. 🧵 1/

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

There's a vicious and intentional violence in how America treats poor people. I've been thinking about how to frame the intimate pain caused by "structural" inequalities in my own writing to make that visible.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@mcybartemes I hope you are enjoying in NC! We should catch up soon.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@twoheadcalf That’s when you know that those men are in fact garbage trash!

[Lonnie G. Bunch III @SmithsonianSec]

Today, we address a historic injustice by returning the Benin Bronzes, magnificent examples of Benin's culture and history. Through this repatriation, we acknowledge a legacy of cultural theft and do our part to return African culture to Africans.

Shown here: bronze plaque.

[Cheryl Dong @cx_dong]

@AJohnsonHist I’ve been buying pants at Costco for years now. Welcome to the dark side.