Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

Let's talk about the racism by "Vieno Vehko," pseudonymous assistant prof from a USA Midwestern university. This article is not simply about "millennials." It is about Whiteness & how White academics expect to teach students like themselves https://twitter.com/timeshighered/status/1019825664722178048?s=19 … #marginsci

The fact that "Vehko" doesn't use racial/ cultural words to describe Susie is the first clue that, not only is Susie White, but Vehko is too. As you'll see in this thread, White people only remark on the race for #POC. But Vehko is also policing Susie's White femininity.

Susie irks Vehko for being "entitled" but also for "elaborately made-up brown eyes." Here's a norm of femininity in academia & how we know Vehko is a WW: anyone wearing make up or 'non-conforming' clothes is breaking gender norms. Susie is White & wears makeup which Vehko resents

Omg it's not just inner-city schools, it's that they're "his neighborhood"! He must be very black indeed. (I decided not to give THE the money for reading the full thing, thank you doing such a thorough and important critique of it!)