Laurent Dubois

@Soccerpolitics

Director of Forum for Scholars & Publics at Duke University, author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History & The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer

Durham N.C.
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Joined January 2010
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    Sep 4

    Just posted! An FAQ on Julian S. Carr's connections to Trinity College / and the circumstances surrounding the naming of the Carr Building. There's also a bibliography of sources useful for informing a re-evaluation of his legacy.

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    4 hours ago

    . and other workers, grad students, and affiliated folks at a rally to rename the Carr building on campus. “The act of the naming is an act to shift the narrative” and must come with structural changes as well, according to speakers.

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    4 hours ago

    Protest at Carr Building!

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    Sep 4

    Today is nonidi 19 Fructidor in the year of the Republic CCXXVI, celebrating the marigold.

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    22 hours ago

    Again and again, we’re seeing young, people of colour who ran grassroots campaigns winning primaries. be first Black woman from Massachusetts in Congress.

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  6. 15 hours ago

    What a wonderful discussion! Thank you for moderating so beautifully.

    Sending all my thanks to the amazing for a wonderful discussion of this evening. Thanks also to , , , and everyone who came out tonight!
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    Sep 4

    Also great to hear the World Champions singing Bella Ciao, a song of resistance against fascism with deep roots in the struggles of the Italian working class. Excellent choice 🙌🏻

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    Watch N’Golo Kanté’s total lack of desire to be involved in Montpellier goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte’s initiation song for the French national team. 😂❤️
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  8. Sep 4

    Nice coverage of last night's discussion of reparations here

    Join my colleagues -- TONIGHT for a in Durham on & Racial Wealth Inequality in a Time of Authoritarianism
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  9. Sep 4

    This is such an amazing series!

    Countdown to and my Aural Futures with my thanks to +++ so many others for believing in the as-to-yet-unseen .
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    Sep 3

    is referencing CARICOM:

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    Sep 3

    This is so sad.

    People are wrapping the museum in a symbolic embrace.
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    Sep 3

    Hey scholars and writers, what’s your least favorite inane or offensive question and how do you handle it? I’ll start: “Why is the Dominican Republic so much more developed than Haiti?” (Or some variant thereof.)

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    Sep 3

    Colin Kaepernick goes to see Serena Williams play. LeBron James flies to Berlin to watch Caster Semenya race. Sachin Tendulkar is always applauding and encouraging women athletes. Allyship is possible. It is noble. It is necessary. Who's your fave male ally?

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    Sep 1

    J'Ouvert is on Monday — let's remember WHY we celebrate!

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  15. Sep 1

    "Visionary Aponte: Art & Black Freedom." Opening 9/19 in the American Tobacco Campus in Durham.

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    Aug 31

    culturally, we are in an oratory drought and reverend barber is unleashing a flood

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    Sep 1

    What if black women have always been the vanguard for voting rights?

    in 1962, voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer boarded a bus with 17 of her neighbors to try to register to vote—and faced extreme opposition. This was her testimony.
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    Aug 31

    Serena on Reid & Kaepernick: "I think every athlete, every human, and definitely every African-American should be completely grateful and honored how Colin and Eric are doing so much more for the greater good... They really use their platform in ways that is really unfathomable."

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    Aug 31

    Some things happened in Puerto Rico last night. Please take a moment to read and share this thread. Or tweet your own messages of support with and . Let these women know you're behind them. 🙏🏻

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  20. Aug 30

    Terrific piece by on remembering Dessalines

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