Professor, writer, lawyer. Writing and thinking about Critical Race Theory since 2000
Springfield, Missouri
Joined June 2009
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Richard Schur retweeted
A little weird tho that a private business CAN choose to DENY a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class, but a private university CANNOT choose to ACCEPT a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class.
Yesterday, Roberts for #SCOTUS said the way to stop discrimination is stop noticing difference. Today, Gorsuch says if you have sincere belief, then you can discriminate and acknowledge difference because it is free speech. Yes, they both signed on to each other's opinion.
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Just a general note that most colleges and universities don’t use affirmative action because most schools accept pretty much everyone who applies. Selective universities are a small slice of what “college” is in America.
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The Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action, including in professional schools, like medical and nursing, will have detrimental consequences on Black health for generations to come. This is about life & death for us. Today, we are only 5% of physicians.
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I've read the opinion 3 times now. This striking down of the most nuanced and limited of approaches to affirmative action is terrible. And it is also important to keep the larger frame of racial inequality in education at the forefront of our minds.
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today is a good day for every university to double down on those antiracism statements they wrote in 2020. don't be silent now.
My very quick read of #SCOTUS decision about AA inclines me
to believe that institutions could create “colorblind” admission preferences for people with families with historical ties to enslavement, lynching, and colonialism. 1/
Or the institutions could create preferences for Pell recipients, food stamp recipients, or other income/wealth category. These would be a personalized inquiries and not trigger 14th Am strict scrutiny analysis. 2/
My other thought about this opinion is that the schools actually screwed themselves by having such clearly delineated formulas and processes. If their standards were vague and included things like institutional fit, #scotus would not been able to cherry pick and overemphasis 3/3
It seems like a good day to post @Danez_Smif reading of Langston Hughes’s “Let America Be America Again.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=b6Im4b…
Great new documentary about Springfield’s Black History. Will be playing local PBS stations around Juneteenth!
Just got my copy of @seminewblack new book of poetry “Suddenly We” and it opened to the poem “les milles.” I fell into this beautiful and powerful poem and I will not be the same. Give yourself a treat and read this book!!!
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In light of recent events, Student Government would like to express support and care for all students on campus. For ways to act or simply learn more information, reach out to @druryallies or utilize any of the resources listed above
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The People's Coalition has scheduled another protest titled "Indict Him Now" tomorrow at 5pm. This one will be at the KC Police Department Headquarters.
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A Tennessee bill that allows students to report professors who teach "divisive concepts" passes House and Senate
The list of "divisive concepts" bars discussions on biases, white privilege and racism's role in slavery wbir.com/article/news/educat…
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For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show.
The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇
![Left: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in October 2022. He is seated with his fellow SCOTUS justices {not pictured]. Right: Harlan Crow in October 2015. He is photographed seated in what appears to be a room in his home.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtBoPzhWYAQsxA4.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Left: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in October 2022. He is seated with his fellow SCOTUS justices {not pictured]. Right: Harlan Crow in October 2015. He is photographed seated in what appears to be a room in his home.
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Antisemitic tweets have more than doubled since Elon Musk took over, a new study finds.
Asked for comment, Twitter's press department auto-responded with a poop emoji. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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The bodies of trans Missourians are not political pawns. @AGAndrewBailey is playing with the lives of trans kids and putting their very existence in danger with his actions. @PROMOMissouri will continue to defend trans youth and their access to vital, lifesaving healthcare.
