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Historian of, and advocate for, American student activism. CUNY prof.

New York City
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Joined February 2009

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    1. Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017

      Angus Johnston Retweeted Sukjong Hong

      There are powerful resonances between "My Family's Slave" and slaveholders' narratives from the antebellum United States.https://twitter.com/hongriver/status/864506454321049600 …

      Angus Johnston added,

      Sukjong Hong @hongriver
      No matter his eloquence, this is still the perspective of the master's son in a dramatically unequal relationship https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/ …
      6 replies 240 retweets 396 likes
    2. Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017
      Replying to @studentactivism

      As I often tell my students, slaveowners had to find ways to justify slavery—to avoid facing that they were among the worst people on earth.

      5 replies 121 retweets 302 likes
    3. Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017
      Replying to @studentactivism

      A real social function of racism was enabling slaveowners to wake up every morning and go to sleep every night without killing themselves.

      2 replies 134 retweets 368 likes
    4. Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017
      Replying to @studentactivism

      Telling yourself horrible, unconscionable lies about who and what you are is an intrinsic part of being a slaveowner.

      3 replies 124 retweets 263 likes
    5. Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017
      Replying to @studentactivism

      That's the context of "My Family's Slave." And Tizon understands that his mother was a slaveowner, but not that he was one too.

      5 replies 162 retweets 416 likes
      Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017

      Read in that context—as the memoir of a slaveowner's son who only half understands who he is—it's a haunting and illuminating work.

      7:33 PM - 16 May 2017
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      3 replies 63 retweets 208 likes
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        2. Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017
          Replying to @studentactivism

          I'm glad it exists. It's an important piece. But if I'd been Tizon's editor, it would never have been published in its current form.

          4 replies 31 retweets 152 likes
        3. Laura Schmitt Olabisi‏ @Lkshumaine 16 May 2017
          Replying to @studentactivism

          Genuinely curious, what would you have done with it as an editor? B-c I agree with your take on the piece.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Contrahour‏ @Contrahour 16 May 2017
          Replying to @studentactivism

          Disagree. I think he completely understands it (once he becomes older) & did the best he could, knowing who he & his parents really were.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Angus Johnston‏Verified account @studentactivism 16 May 2017
          Replying to @Contrahour

          That's the impression he wants the reader to leave with. But I don't buy it.

          0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
        4. End of conversation
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        2. Doug‏ @newdougman 16 May 2017
          Replying to @studentactivism

          Thank you for articulating what I've been thinking about this story all day but couldn't quite get to.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Doug‏ @newdougman 16 May 2017
          Replying to @newdougman @studentactivism

          (Unfortunately, it was not presented in that context. How could it be?)

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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