Kelly Macías, Ph.D.

Bylines @BlavityPolitics, #BlackHer, @DailyKos, @theatlantavoice, @BeUnmuted. 2017 BlogHer Voice of the Year. Views my own.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

I had the opportunity to speak with @elizabethforma on behalf of @dailykos during #NN18. I asked about her priorities for the next Congress, her experience as an educator and more. She’s a delight to spend time with! Check it out. https://t.co/aGqRYUJk90

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

Thanks for having me on @AishaMoodMills! We still haven’t heard nearly enough about the impact of Jan. 6th on DC residents who lived through domestic terrorism and the militarization of the District.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

I wrote my thoughts about living in DC as a black woman in the wake of January 6th. Thank you @bungarsargon for allowing me to share my story.

https://t.co/JIE8Q6Fl0q

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

Not exactly news but yet another reminder that America is truly exhausting…

EPA just detailed all the ways climate change will hit U.S. racial minorities the hardest. It’s a long list. - The Washington Post https://t.co/qlcVg2IrWE

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

I’m always intrigued by this perspective. I went to school at 17. First gen student. Did what everyone said to do and ended up at the best school that accepted me and accrued lots of debt. Definitely didn’t know what I was taking on and suspect most 17/18 year olds don’t either.

[GolfTraveler @Golftravelr]

@DanPriceSeattle @mstratford No kids and paid all my college expenses. I’m not in favor of paying taxes so someone else’s kids go to college at my/taxpayer expense I knew what I was getting into when I took out those loans. I studied a useful field and got a JOB. It’s not hard. The next generation can too.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

These terrorists were minutes away my house, in the very same neighborhood I go to get groceries, go to the doctor, get coffee, etc. I was terrified to leave the house for months. It’s beyond shameful that Republicans refuse to hold them accountable. #January6thCommission

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

Until January 6th, “no one had ever, ever called me ni**er while wearing the uniform of a Capitol Police Officer.”

- Officer Harry Dunn

#January6thCommission

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@ChelleTweets I mean he admitted it but they are still on the wrong side of history…. I just can’t…

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@KailiJoy 👆🏾This. All of this.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@walsh_packard It’s utter bullshit that it shapes their curriculum. The public school education in this country is not that good. It is advanced legal and social science theory. Teachers don’t know it either. Thanks for weighing in.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

I learned/used CRT as a theoretical framework for my doctoral dissertation which took two years to write. Your 9 year old ain’t learning it in their 3rd grade classroom. Period.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

One of my babies is out in the world today. Thanks @Sunlight_Press for publishing it! 🙏🏾

[The Sunlight Press @Sunlight_Press]

End May with "To Prove Your Love," a raw essay by Kelly Macias.

https://t.co/jVyIdjI4kn

[The Sunlight Press @Sunlight_Press]

End May with "To Prove Your Love," a raw essay by Kelly Macias.

https://t.co/jVyIdjI4kn

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

It also hurts deeply to be reminded over and over again that white supremacy and anti blackness render black folks inhuman and inferior. Surprising, of course not. But painful. Like a punch to the gut every single time.

[Saeed Jones @theferocity]

I find the “why are you surprised?” reaction galling. I’m not surprised. I’m taken aback; I’m disappointed. I’d like to believe we are all better than we are and it stings every single time I’m reminded that it’s just not true.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@_DCHealth got through at 9, spent 52 minutes mostly on hold. The very nice rep was on the same site we were, it was down for her too. In the end, it showed there were 700 appointments available but she still couldn’t book one for me. Complete insanity!

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@ChelleTweets A got his through work

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@ChelleTweets The roll out here in DC has been horrific. No availability in pharmacies so you can only go through DC Health unless you are a health care worker. I’ve been trying for three days, system crashes each time. Was on the phone with a rep for an hour today still no appointments

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@ChelleTweets So glad for you, friend! Good luck!

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

@_DCHealth The site is not only broken, the phone number doesn’t work either. So sick of DC residents being treated like second class citizens.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Are the people who called for ‘Law and Order’ when people were in the streets because police shot a Black man in the back 7 times calling for it now?

White supremacy persists. And instead of eradicating it, many merely criticize responses to it.

We need a revolution of values.

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

I’ve never been terrified to live in DC... until today. I can actually hear the cops racing up and down Pennsylvania Avenue from my house. The PTSD invoked by this presidency is fucking unreal. #DCProtests

[Kelly Macías, Ph.D. @kelmacias]

Thanks to @soljourno for funding my story about
@staceyabrams innovative voter engagement strategies.

https://t.co/VSnxegYaQr

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