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Nelson Flores
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Professor researching race and language in education
Check out my book:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/becoming-the-system-9780197516829

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 5d
"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."

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Zohran Mamdani Just Gave American Politics a Raciolinguistic Reality Check
Zohran Mamdani just won the New York City mayoral race, and it’s a big deal for reasons that will no doubt be dissected for years to come. But what really stands out to me is how this moment shifts…
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11h
The whole “people dying because of lack of health care in red states will be good for the midterm elections” shows how deeply cynical our national politics has become

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11h
I am old enough to remember when those of us arguing that health care shouldn’t be a for profit industry and that we should have medicare for all were called socialists
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 1d
Yes and the researcher making this claim is also knowingly engaging in shoddy research that is misrepresenting the data which actually suggests the opposite trend: www.them.us/story/eric-k...

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Philip N. Cohen, Nelson Flores

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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 3d
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.

Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4d
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 4d
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA

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CNN @cnn.com · 4d
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 4d
BlueSky shoutout on Abbot Elementary!

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 4d
It is so funny how those trying to dismiss Mamdani’s win are insisting “of course the Democrat won in New York City” which somehow overlooks the fact that 2 of the last 4 mayors were Republicans (Giuliani) or Republicans who later became Independents (Bloomberg)

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 5d
In my latest blog post I contrast @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social rhetorical style with @barackobama.bsky.social style suggesting a shift in how politicians of color position themselves that offers a possible new path of resistance to Trump’s fascism

educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
Zohran Mamdani Just Gave American Politics a Raciolinguistic Reality Check
Zohran Mamdani just won the New York City mayoral race, and it’s a big deal for reasons that will no doubt be dissected for years to come. But what really stands out to me is how this moment shifts…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 6d
So who is going to get fired for this massive mistake?
An Axios headline that falsely claimed “Trump-backed Jack Ciattarelli wins New Jersey govenor’s race”

Reposted by Nelson Flores

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 6d
If Schumer & Jeffries have been hostile to his camapign, it's because Mamdani’s ability to raise millions on an explicitly anti-corporate message represents a direct threat to the entire fundraising machinery that sustains Democratic Party leadership. /1

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Mamdani's Rise is a Rebuke to the DC Corporate Dems like Schumer and Jeffries
Like Bernie & AOC, Mamdani Shows an Alternative to Dem Dependence on Corporate Fundraising
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 6d
The two major future directions that Dems have are reflected in the NYC mayoral election: (1) they could develop a populist attack from the Left like Mamdani or (2) they could cozy themselves up to fascists in the name of public safety
popecrocodylus.bsky.social The Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 7d
It's uncanny how Cuomo has been laser-focused at appealing to the absolute worst qualities in people - their insularity, their tribalism, and now their fear. A campaign monumental in its cynicism, a colossal bet by this man and his billionaire backers that people are basically bad.
jeetheer.bsky.social Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 7d
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.

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The Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 7d
It's uncanny how Cuomo has been laser-focused at appealing to the absolute worst qualities in people - their insularity, their tribalism, and now their fear. A campaign monumental in its cynicism, a colossal bet by this man and his billionaire backers that people are basically bad.
jeetheer.bsky.social Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 7d
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 7d
Right. Federal funds are not Trump’s personal bank account that he can just spend however he wants. It is OUR money and we may need to remind him of that
nashishereforit.bsky.social Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 7d
New York state should stop sending federal taxes to the regime.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 7d
In case you were wondering why so-called centrists are so ineffective in resisting Trump it is because deep down they want us to listen to him
c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 7d
"The president is right: a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani," Cuomo says on 77WABC radio in response to Trump's words of support just posted on Truth Social.

"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.

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Nash Is Here For It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 7d
New York state should stop sending federal taxes to the regime.

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Nelson Flores

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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 7d
"The president is right: a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani," Cuomo says on 77WABC radio in response to Trump's words of support just posted on Truth Social.

"Now it's gonna be up to the Republicans, and I hope they listen to the president," he adds.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.

It was a little different last week.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 7d
Trump is literally trying to extort New Yorkers to vote for his preferred mayoral candidate by keeping their taxpayer money from them as if it were his own personal bank account and the media is just talking about it as it it is business as usual.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 9d
Cuomo is a textbook case of how white dudes, regardless of their initial political affiliation will always revert to racism and misogyny when POC and/or women threaten their hold on power
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 9d
On MSNBC Cuomo said "diversity can be a weakness." When asked by one of the two Black hosts (Eugene) to clarify, he doubled down on his statement and called Eugene "Jonathan."

So Cuomo is anti-diversity & can't tell Black people apart.🤔

Honestly the best anti-Cuomo ads are just letting Cuomo speak

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 9d
On MSNBC Cuomo said "diversity can be a weakness." When asked by one of the two Black hosts (Eugene) to clarify, he doubled down on his statement and called Eugene "Jonathan."

So Cuomo is anti-diversity & can't tell Black people apart.🤔

Honestly the best anti-Cuomo ads are just letting Cuomo speak

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 10d
We live in times when a NYC city mayoral candidate is being demonized for daring to run on a platform of making housing more affordable while POTUS is proposing to create literal concentration camps
brian-goldstone.bsky.social Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 12d
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11d
A major political problem in the US is that white people are the primary beneficiaries of the government social safety net but are convinced that they receive no government support.
madeline-layne.bsky.social Madeline Layne | PHL NYC DC BOS @madeline-layne.bsky.social · 11d
“[T]he majority of people who receive SNAP benefits are white Americans, according to data collected by the USDA. The data also shows that deep-red states like Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana are among those with the highest percentage of food stamp recipients.”
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · 11d
SNAP benefits are set to run out on Saturday. Far-right influencers and extremists are incorrectly claiming that immigrants are the main recipients of food stamps. www.wired.com/story/disinf...

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11d
The federal government weaponizing Medicare and Medicaid to impose a political agenda divorced from science is a threat to all of us
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 11d
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
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Madeline Layne | PHL NYC DC BOS @madeline-layne.bsky.social · 11d
“[T]he majority of people who receive SNAP benefits are white Americans, according to data collected by the USDA. The data also shows that deep-red states like Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana are among those with the highest percentage of food stamp recipients.”

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11d
The fact that anybody can just casually donated more money than maybe people will make their entire working life to try to sway an election away from a candidate whose sole platform is about affordability is precisely why are democracy is so broken

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Bloomberg gives $1.5M to Cuomo PAC before NYC election — The Hill
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D) on Wednesday donated $1.5 million to Fix the City, the largest super PAC backing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s independent campaign for mayor, ca...
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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11d
Perhaps even more ironic is when researchers and advocates working in dual language programs use the term emergent bilingual to refer only to students classified as English Learners when literally all of the students in the program could be described that way.