Debra Thompson

@debthompsonphd

Associate Professor of Political Science . Author of The Schematic State: Race, Transnationalism & the Politics of the Census (2016).

Eugene, OR
Joined November 2013
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    18 hours ago

    Loosies. A wallet. A hoodie. Cigarillos. A toy gun. Loud music. Selling CD's. Wrong house. No turn signal. Facebook Live. A shower head.

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    Apr 3

    This piece by & on APD in the movement is so good - it needs to be triple tabbed in Vol. 6, Issue 1. Tab your favorites today!

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    Apr 2

    A black woman got five years in prison for voting illegally in the same Texas county.

    "Affluenza Teen" Ethan Couch, now 20, released from jail Monday after serving two years for violating his probation. Couch killed four people in a drunken driving crash in 2013.
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    Mar 31

    Girl, please. You are leading nothing.

    If you want to be the leader of a movement, you have to open yourself up for criticism and challenge. Lord knows I take my fair share of attacks and I’m okay with that. It’s what we signed up for. Buck up.
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    Mar 30

    If Andrew Sullivan wants to keep writing his race science shit, it's worth noting (as an intern of his in 2013): At a private meeting, his entire staff challenged him on it until he asked, exasperated, "well, why didn't Africa conquer Europe, then?"

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    Mar 29

    Finally, a chance to edit my paper! Let's open the folder. draft draftFinal draftUpdateFinal draftUpdateFinalFinal draftUpdateFinalFinal2 draftUpdateFinalNew finalDraftFinal finalDraftFinalRevised finalDraftFinalUpdate newDraft newDraft2 newDraftUpdate revisedDraftFinal Umm...

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    Mar 28

    Please do not try to water-down the killing of by saying one of the police officers who killed him was black. That is irrelevant. The white supremacist structure of deadly policing remains intact regardless of the racial identity of the police officer who kills.

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    Mar 28

    If u find yourself doing/saying something to expose/challenge conventions that underpin violations of black people & u break no laws, but find yourself harassed, intimidated & especially criminalized, & u refuse to perform its racial script, u are engaged in black life politics.

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    Mar 27

    Patrick Dorismond had no drugs Amadou Diallo had a wallet Michael Brown was unarmed Philando Castile had a permit Tamir Rice had a toy John Crawford III had a toy IN THE TOY AISLE Alton Sterling was pinned Freddie Gray was just riding his bike Miriam Carey's baby was in the car

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    Mar 27

    At least 12 states signaled that they would sue to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census

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    Mar 23

    Always remember: Black youth organizing for Mike Brown at Ferguson didn’t receive national love & support the way Parkland kids did. Nobody was handing out verified Twitter accounts & Time covers to Black youth organizers when Freddie Grey was killed.

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    Mar 22

    9 bullets to her body, 4 bullets straight to her head. Execution style. Fuck. Say her name. Say her name. Say her name.
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    Mar 22

    Compare all the humanizing profiles of the Austin bomber to how Austin police initially treated the first victim.

    Good work from on the way APD handled the first bombing victim.
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    Mar 21

    if bullying caused school shootings, you would see trans shooters, queer shooters, female shooters, POC shooters. bullying does not cause school shootings; entitlement does. and white boys are the most entitled demographic by far.

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    Mar 22

    👇🏿

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    Mar 21

    I believe passionately in acknowledging the humanity of those who commit even terrible crimes. Reading this police chief’s empathy for this young white man highlights the awfulness - the plain awfulness - of the persistent refusal to extend this empathy to young Black people.

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    Mar 21

    'polite" and a "deep thinker" who "really just wanted to tell the truth".' I don't think I've ever read a nicer profile of a killer serial bomber.

    What we know so far about Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt
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    Mar 21

    A writer actually blamed Black Panther for killing the success of other films. I guess Ryan Coogler and the Black Panther should have found a way to be less excellent

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    Mar 21

    Who is conducting the anti-bias training for journalists and editors at the ?

    The Austin bombing suspect was a quiet, “nerdy” young man who came from a “tight-knit, godly family,” said Donna Sebastian Harp, who had known the family for nearly 18 years
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