That wasn’t from me but from a more established scholar, who has the receipts.
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When asked to educate racists here on Twitter, which was ostensibly what he was calling for us as academics to do, he refused.
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He blocks anyone who criticizes him. Anyone, even those who are doing it in the gentlest manner.
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And he maintains friendships with those who have harassed and spread misinformation about BIPOC, queer scholars, and ECRs.
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His latest blackface tweet plus the RTing of doxxing attempts against WOC is evidently the last straw for many of you, but frankly it shouldn’t have taken this long.
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The info is out there.
@ISASaxonists@erik_kaars@kacaliendo@dorothyk98@EileenAJoy are some of those who have been speaking out against this stuff for awhile, with screenshots and proof. They have all attempted to discuss this stuff in good faith with those that attack them.1 reply 4 retweets 19 likesShow this thread -
They put out screenshots, collect the info, educate, etc. for everyone to see. Why has it taken so long for so many of you to say something? I know why, but you should really interrogate that amongst yourselves.
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Did you feel unsafe doing so? Well tbh, many of you are well-situated to call it out.
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And I have to wonder, is the fear that you think he’d retaliate or that you’d burn a bridge? Because if it’s former I understand, as an ECR, to an extent. But if it’s the latter, why do you want this sort of person as a friend or mentor?
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There have been ppl I look up to whom I found out stuff about later that made me upset but in the long run, do I want to maintain a connection with someone who holds terrible views, has done bad things and not accounted for them/owned up/done better? Nope.
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Academia as it is now thrives on keeping quiet and maintaining status quo, which means keeping abusers in power.
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But if we want academia to be an inclusive, anti-racist, diverse space that doesn’t adhere to authoritarian, imperialist, and colonialist models that rewards the worst and punishes the marginalized then we gotta stand up against that.
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We have to stop allowing these people to say and do what they want. Idk how this can happen, but honestly it only works if people stand up and support their BIPOC colleagues.
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