Dr. Peniel E. Joseph

@PenielJoseph

Founding Director Center for the Study of Race and Democracy Stokely: A Life

University of Texas at Austin
Joined February 2012

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    6 Apr 2017
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  2. May 3

    A Black Officer, a White Woman, a Rare Murder Conviction. Is It ‘Hypocrisy,’ or Justice?, via Black citizenship in America will be achieved when all lives are valued equally in law and in fact.

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  3. Apr 30

    Insanity: "While New Orleans is roughly 60 percent Black, the juvenile arrest rate is almost always 100 percent Black, and almost all of the children prosecuted as adults are Black."

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  4. Apr 29

    John Singleton's virtuoso vision of black life Major loss of a visionary artist who saw the full raw and unfettered beauty, pain, and resilience of black life in a post civil rights era that demonized, brutalized, and punished for play and profit.

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  5. Apr 29

    Writer-director has died. In his all-too-brief career, he directed just eight films after his spectacular debut, . At 24, he was the first African American to be nominated for Best Director and Original Screenplay at the

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  6. Apr 29

    Trump’s Fed pick Steve Moore on CSpan in 2000: “The male needs to be the breadwinner. One reasons you’ve seen decline of the family, not just in black community but now in white community as well, is because women are more economically self-sufficient.”

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  7. Apr 29

    JUST IN: Filmmaker John Singleton has died at the age of 51. Singleton was best-known for the 1991 movie, “Boyz ‘N the Hood,” set in south Los Angeles where he grew up.

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  8. Apr 29
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  9. Apr 29

    Virginia Men’s Basketball Will Not Go to the White House, via A stand for the decency and moral compass that have been absent at the national level during this administration. It is an absolute disgrace to have a supporter of white supremacy in WH

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  10. Apr 29

    The Neighborhood Is Mostly Black. The Home Buyers Are Mostly White. - The New York Times This is what rapped about recently that turned heads. Gentrification, urban renewal, Negro Removal, is based on the cultural, economic, policy power of racism.

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  11. Apr 28

    Civic engagement is the key to making our democracy ‘glow with justice and shine with beauty’ My brilliant colleague and I both offer comments on the future of civic engagement in this insightful op-ed.

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  12. Apr 26

    CSRD Graduate Fellows Research Congrats to our fellows who presented their research findings on voter suppression, race and criminal justice system, Asian American voters and 2020, Mexican American political exclusion, and Black Women's political

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  13. Apr 25

    Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President, via Lots of experience and plenty to explain, acknowledge, and apologize for, especially poor black American citizens who Biden’s policies have incarcerated, scapegoated, and dehumanized for decades.

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  14. Apr 19
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  15. Apr 11

    A prophet for our time. 💕

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  16. Apr 13

    Thank you for standing with me – against an administration that ran on banning Muslims from this country – to fight for the America we all deserve.💪🏽

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  17. Apr 12

    “In an interview with Spectator, McNab said he was aware of the rule mandating students show their IDs, but expressed his frustration over what he cited as inconsistent enforcement of the rule, as he had noticed that white students were often not asked.”

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  18. Apr 13

    Young man stops me in Columbus Circle and asks if I’ll answer some survey questions. Wanted to say no but I make my living with data and don’t want to be a hypocrite so, I agree. “Ok, sir. Thank you so much. I’m polling older people how they feel about aging…”

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  19. Apr 14

    I’ve never seen a president so blatant in his determination to serve primarily his supporters at the expense of what the oath of the office demands - to "faithfully execute the office of President of the United States." All of the states, and every citizen therein.

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  20. Apr 15
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  21. Apr 17
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