Ian Carrillo
@iansociologo.bsky.social
Sociologist studying race, class, & environment. Author of The Business of Racism: Labor and Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism (Duke University Press). PhD from UW-Madison. Former NSF SPRF Postdoc at UCSB. He/Him/His.
https://www.iancarrillo.com/
https://www.iancarrillo.com/
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A brief 🧵 about my research. I'm a sociologist studying the intersection of structural racism, class exploitation & the environment, focusing on Brazil & the US. My forthcoming book (with @dukepress.bsky.social ) is The Business of Racism: Revaluation & Reaction in Brazil's Racial Capitalism. 1/n
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Mini documentário: Braskem - o sal de nossas lágrimas
YouTube video by Esquerda Diário
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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This payment is for causing what is arguably the biggest urban environmental injustice case in Brazil. Braskem irresponsibly (and knowingly) extracted so much rock salt from the ground that it destabilized multiple neighborhoods, leading residents to abandon their homes.
Braskem agrees to pay $222 million in compensation to Brazil's Alagoas state reut.rs/498Bs24
Braskem agrees to pay $222 million in compensation to Brazil's Alagoas state
Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem said on Monday it has agreed to pay 1.2 billion reais ($222 million) to the northeastern state of Alagoas, the latest compensation deal related to the damages caused by its salt mines operations.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This payment is for causing what is arguably the biggest urban environmental injustice case in Brazil. Braskem irresponsibly (and knowingly) extracted so much rock salt from the ground that it destabilized multiple neighborhoods, leading residents to abandon their homes.
This payment is for causing what is arguably the biggest urban environmental injustice case in Brazil. Braskem irresponsibly (and knowingly) extracted so much rock salt from the ground that it destabilized multiple neighborhoods, leading residents to abandon their homes.
Braskem agrees to pay $222 million in compensation to Brazil's Alagoas state reut.rs/498Bs24
Braskem agrees to pay $222 million in compensation to Brazil's Alagoas state
Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem said on Monday it has agreed to pay 1.2 billion reais ($222 million) to the northeastern state of Alagoas, the latest compensation deal related to the damages caused by its salt mines operations.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This payment is for causing what is arguably the biggest urban environmental injustice case in Brazil. Braskem irresponsibly (and knowingly) extracted so much rock salt from the ground that it destabilized multiple neighborhoods, leading residents to abandon their homes.
Depicting unfreedom as freedom
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Depicting unfreedom as freedom
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This reminds me of the "punch, deny, counter-punch" tactics that Ian Haney López claims are central to the theater of dog-whistle racism.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
This is so insightful:
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This reminds me of the "punch, deny, counter-punch" tactics that Ian Haney López claims are central to the theater of dog-whistle racism.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
This reminds me of the "punch, deny, counter-punch" tactics that Ian Haney López claims are central to the theater of dog-whistle racism.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
This is so insightful:
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This reminds me of the "punch, deny, counter-punch" tactics that Ian Haney López claims are central to the theater of dog-whistle racism.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
Ppl do something racist. When called out on it, they deny it's racist. Then they accuse the person who correctly identified the racism as being the real racist.
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UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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🚨 Our book Environmental Sociology Now is available for preorder.
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
Environmental Sociology Now by Jordan Fox, Ian Carrillo, J. P. Sapinski, Diana Stuart - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨 Our book Environmental Sociology Now is available for preorder.
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
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much-needed book that deals with environmental justice, indigeneity, corporations, and more!
🚨 Our book Environmental Sociology Now is available for preorder.
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
Environmental Sociology Now by Jordan Fox, Ian Carrillo, J. P. Sapinski, Diana Stuart - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
much-needed book that deals with environmental justice, indigeneity, corporations, and more!
🚨 Our book Environmental Sociology Now is available for preorder.
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
Environmental Sociology Now by Jordan Fox, Ian Carrillo, J. P. Sapinski, Diana Stuart - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨 Our book Environmental Sociology Now is available for preorder.
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
You can order through UC Press now and get 30% off the book with code UCPSAVE30. Instructors will also be able to request an exam copy of the book beginning in early January.
www.ucpress.edu/books/enviro...
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The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Join us in OKC (Nov. 18) and Tulsa (Dec. 1) for Overpressured and Underregulated, free events hosted by @readfrontier and @propublica where we'll discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater.
www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/
www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/
Overpressured and Underregulated: a Frontier and ProPublica event
Join nonprofit newsrooms The Frontier and ProPublica to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater.
www.readfrontier.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Join us in OKC (Nov. 18) and Tulsa (Dec. 1) for Overpressured and Underregulated, free events hosted by @readfrontier and @propublica where we'll discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater.
www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/
www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/
As so many of this country's politicians take away people's healthcare, this 🧵 came to mind.
Does anyone have recommendations of good books or articles on how racism impeded the formation of a universal healthcare system in the US?
Quadagno only mentions it in passing, but I'd like something with deeper analysis.
Thanks!
Quadagno only mentions it in passing, but I'd like something with deeper analysis.
Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
As so many of this country's politicians take away people's healthcare, this 🧵 came to mind.
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The tens of job it brings for a couple of months will be a game changer, for sure. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/28/i...
‘It will destroy this place:’ Tucker County residents fight for future against proposed data center • West Virginia Watch
Fundamental Data applied to build a natural gas power plant between Thomas and Davis to power an enormous data center.
westvirginiawatch.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The tens of job it brings for a couple of months will be a game changer, for sure. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/28/i...
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"When I think about the jobs the data center will bring to our area, I think about the impact of introducing nuclear technology to the world and deploying it on civilians"
www.404media.co/a-small-town...
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A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"When I think about the jobs the data center will bring to our area, I think about the impact of introducing nuclear technology to the world and deploying it on civilians"
www.404media.co/a-small-town...
www.404media.co/a-small-town...
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Data centers are not the frontline of innovation. They are the dirty structures that nobody - certainly tech leaders in Silicon Valley - wants to live next to.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Data centers are not the frontline of innovation. They are the dirty structures that nobody - certainly tech leaders in Silicon Valley - wants to live next to.
Data centers are not the frontline of innovation. They are the dirty structures that nobody - certainly tech leaders in Silicon Valley - wants to live next to.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Data centers are not the frontline of innovation. They are the dirty structures that nobody - certainly tech leaders in Silicon Valley - wants to live next to.
Tech firms seeing Oklahoma as a sacrifice zone for digital infrastructure.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
'Staggering' economic impact expected in Muskogee with plans for Google data center campus
Google is set to build a data center campus in a third city in Oklahoma as it continues to compete in the race to expand capacity for AI.
www.oklahoman.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tech firms seeing Oklahoma as a sacrifice zone for digital infrastructure.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
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March 10 is the release date of the book that took me 16 years to research and write. Here's the PRE-ORDER page: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
March 10 is the release date of the book that took me 16 years to research and write. Here's the PRE-ORDER page: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer