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Chris Thinnes, Ed.D.
@christhinnes.bsky.social
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Veteran educator, administrator, facilitator, consultant, and writer. Senior DEI Consultant, Blink Strategic Consulting. EduColor board. Progressive Education Network board. EdLeader21 vet. LMU Ed.D., Education Leadership for Social Justice.
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May the memory of this righteous one be a blessing.
November 16, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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"This is the psychology of white innocence. It’s a self-image built on goodness that can’t metabolize accountability without converting it into injury..."

Dr. Stacey Patton: open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
White People Hate Being Called 'White People'
The good-white identity isn’t an escape from whiteness, it’s just a the most sophisticated evolution of whiteness.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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"Unlike other tools that try to patch the harm after it happens, Justice AI prevents bias at the source... The result is the first dataset in the world designed not to replicate colonial patterns, but to actively counter them..."

Janice Asare ft. Christian Ortiz: www.forbes.com/sites/janice...
Big Tech Ignored Bias In AI—Justice AI GPT Says It Solved It
Workplace AI often reinforces bias. Justice AI GPT, built on a decolonial framework, says it can dismantle inequities in hiring, promotion, and culture.
www.forbes.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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"Curiosity without consequence is privilege. And understanding without change is indulgence."

Chad Deshawn: open.substack.com/pub/iamchadd...
When “Curiosity” Still Centers Whiteness
A conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates proves curiosity still protects comfort, not truth.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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"You are not born white. You are taught how to perform it. You are taught who to avoid, who to fear, who to trust, and who to step over. That teaching is not just cultural. It is structural..."

Christian Ortiz: open.substack.com/pub/christia...
The Grief of Unbecoming White
By Christian ZacaTecho Ortiz
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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"That’s why I say the miracle isn’t the march itself, it’s that we still believe enough to show up. But god help us if we confuse the look of liberation with the labor of it..."

Dr. Stacey Patton: open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
Jesus Flipped Tables, Y’all Took Selfies: A Sermon for the 'No Kings' Generation
This Substack is reader-supported.
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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"If fascism is the machinery of forgetting, then resistance is the labor of remembrance..."

Saint Trey W: open.substack.com/pub/sainttre...
What the World Already Tried to Warn Us
Writer’s Note
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October 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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"Fascism never swaggers in calling itself fascism and it doesn’t wave a swastika at the start. It comes cloaked in patriotism, wrapped in the flag, quoting scripture, saluting discipline, and demanding sacrifice."

Dr. Stacey Patton: open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
October 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Newsom: “If any California University signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding... California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...
Newsom threatens to cut state funding to universities that sign Trump’s political compact
The White House is asking nine major universities, including USC, to commit to President Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.
www.latimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Shame on LMU's board for denying faculty union recognition, disputing "shared values" with it, & using the religious exemption as a tactical shield. Also, the deciders should check their notes on what the last couple of Popes had to say on the subject.

Gallegos/EdSource: edsource.org?page_id=741169
UPDATE: Loyola Marymount said it will no longer recognize its faculty union
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
edsource.org
September 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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"But we also need to shine a light on the way the City of Los Angeles is showing the nation what will end the abuses of power and Presidential overreach we are suffering..."

Rev. Barber et al.: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...
Listen To the Children Crying
"Help us," a mother & her children cried. Los Angeles stood with them to say, "We will shine a light."
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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"Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the four-year plan, and Chancellor Hitler's Monumental building program--and one of them even raised the question of whether there is any humor left in Germany today..."

New York Times (Feb. 4, 1939)
September 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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"What happens to public education when state policy seeks to restrict learning and talking about some American communities, experiences, and topics?"

Pollock, Yoshikawa, et al., h/t Ali Michael: steinhardt.nyu.edu/ihdsc/limita...
The Limitation Effect: Experiences of State Policy-Driven Education Restriction in Florida’s Public Schools
How can a teacher discuss Jim Crow laws without breaking state law? Should a librarian stop ordering books with LGBTQ+ characters? A new white paper by UC San Diego and NYU researchers reveals the exp...
steinhardt.nyu.edu
September 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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"They might know personal things about their grandpappy, their siblings or their next-door neighbors. But, because they suffer from what I call 'the privilege of individuality,' they know very little about themselves..."

Michael Harriot: substack.com/@michaelharr...
The Clapback Mailbag: Everything White People Know About White People Is Wrong
A special response to emails, DMs, messages and comments from our readers
substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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"The tears over the logo ain’t really about nostalgic branding. They’re about white fragility and the frantic defense of symbols that anchor a mythic Jim‑Crow past..."

Dr. Stacey Patton: substack.com/@drstaceypat...
Dr Stacey Patton (@drstaceypatton1865)
I’m not gonna mince words. Cracker Barrel is where taste buds go to die. It’s a mausoleum of overcooked meat, gluey dumplings, and biscuits that can sand drywall. The only thing “down home” about the ...
substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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"Because to ask 'Who are your people?' is not merely to ask about bloodlines or family reunions. It is to interrogate the spirit of one’s allegiances... Who do you conspire with when the door closes? Who do you allow to shape the geography of your hope?"

Saint Trey W: substack.com/@sainttreyw/...
Saint Trey W. (@sainttreyw)
With this essay, I bring to a close Undrowned in August: A Black Ledger of Fire and Future. This month has been more than a writing project for me, it has been a practice, a study, a ritual of memory....
substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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"I may agree with a parent’s point of view—and still be able to recognize bad faith strategies for communicating that view. I may disagree with a parent’s point of view—but appreciate the good faith with which they communicate it..."

Dr. Ali Michael: open.substack.com/pub/alimicha...
How do we distinguish good faith concerns that can help our schools improve from bad faith critiques with the potential to destroy?
Bad faith attacks are not motivated by a desire for understanding; they are about control.
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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"We must create an atmosphere of expertise about birthright citizenship, and about the 14th Amendment, and about its significance in our lives..."

Sherrilyn Ifill: open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Facing this Court
A Sober Look at What to Expect in Trump v. Casa And What We Do About It
open.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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"...because here’s the thing: every time the system failed, we did not..."

Saint Trey W: iansamag.com/2025/08/04/f...
From Mutual Aid to Hood Utopias: A Testimony on Black Communal Care
By Saint Trey Wooden Before I ever learned the word mutual aid, I knew what it meant to be fed by grief that did not ask for language.  After my mother died, the world did not stop, but the bl…
iansamag.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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"But unless the Progressive Education movement wishes to change its name to the Contemplative Education movement, the Goodwill Education movement, or the Hopeful Education movement, it should go further..."

- George Counts, 1932

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George Counts, "Dare Progressive Education Be Progressive?", Progressive Education 9.4, April 1932.
August 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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"And I think: this is the kind of memory that lives in the body forever. A sensory gospel etched into his skin..."

Follow/subscribe @drstaceypatton.bsky.social: substack.com/@drstaceypat...
Dr Stacey Patton (@drstaceypatton1865)
I’m writing. I am lost in the rhythm of my thoughts. Tasha Cobbs pouring through my headphones. Her voice is a balm. Then I glance up, and time slows. There’s a father across from me. Skin the c...
substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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"But you are not a passive participant. You are a human being with agency, responsibility, and power. The system may have made you white, but you have the choice to become whole again. That’s what this piece is about: not guilt, not erasure, but return..."

Ortiz: open.substack.com/pub/christia...
Poor, But Still Privileged: What White Folks Need to Understand About the System That Still Benefits Them
Written by Christian ZacaTechO Ortiz
open.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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"We dreamed of a space where banned books are read on purpose, where we don’t shy away from hard history, and where our families don’t have to code-switch or constantly explain their existence..."

Fassler, Truthout: truthout.org/articles/bla...
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
truthout.org
August 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Happy Birthday, James Baldwin! 🙌🏻
August 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Thank you Jules! Thank you Annie! 🥰😢🥰
August 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM