Benjamin Blaisdell
@benjaminblaisdell.bsky.social
CRT scholar, racial equity coach, lover of food and drink
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A colleague shared this advice for processing the executive orders Trump is going to sign next week
January 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A colleague shared this advice for processing the executive orders Trump is going to sign next week
Happy 2025! Another great year to read about disrupting white supremacy. New publication with Dr. Muna Abdi using CRT to examine how well-meaning approaches like "relationship building" can unintentionally perpetuate racism.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Relationship building as white supremacy: asking critical race questions to disrupt inferential racism
Based on critical race research conducted with school leaders in England, we explore how appeals to relationship building and similar discourses function as inferential racism when used in school-b...
www.tandfonline.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy 2025! Another great year to read about disrupting white supremacy. New publication with Dr. Muna Abdi using CRT to examine how well-meaning approaches like "relationship building" can unintentionally perpetuate racism.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The consequences of racism are a mass public health crisis, not something individuals should just learn to be “resilient” about. This is so daunting and there are countless unexplored questions here
America’s Hidden Racial Divide: A Mysterious Gap in Psychosis Rates (Gift Article)
Black Americans experience schizophrenia and related disorders at twice the rate of white Americans. It’s a disparity that has parallels in other cultures.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:33 AM
The consequences of racism are a mass public health crisis, not something individuals should just learn to be “resilient” about. This is so daunting and there are countless unexplored questions here
"The teachers said a double standard is at work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Philadelphia schools. They pointed to the Israeli flag in the commons and another one in Baldi’s main office, next to Italian and American flags."
theintercept.com/2024/12/03/p...
theintercept.com/2024/12/03/p...
Three Teachers Tried to Give Palestinian Students a Safe Haven — and It Cost Them Their Jobs
The Philadelphia school ordered teachers to “stay neutral” on Israel’s war on Gaza, but they helped students make pro-Palestine posters.
theintercept.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:38 PM
"The teachers said a double standard is at work on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Philadelphia schools. They pointed to the Israeli flag in the commons and another one in Baldi’s main office, next to Italian and American flags."
theintercept.com/2024/12/03/p...
theintercept.com/2024/12/03/p...
“Used widely, medications should allow the complete eradication of HIV from the planet. The only obstacle the world is now facing is the same one Mandela stared down: corporate greed which prioritizes profits over human life.”
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.
newrepublic.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:39 PM
“Used widely, medications should allow the complete eradication of HIV from the planet. The only obstacle the world is now facing is the same one Mandela stared down: corporate greed which prioritizes profits over human life.”
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
“The reporting reveals that without further intervention from city, state and federal officials and lawmakers, body cameras may do more to serve police interests than those of the public they are sworn to protect.”
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even whe...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2024 at 1:02 PM
“The reporting reveals that without further intervention from city, state and federal officials and lawmakers, body cameras may do more to serve police interests than those of the public they are sworn to protect.”
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
Work is an omnishambles, but Kendrick dropped a new album so everything's all good.
November 22, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Work is an omnishambles, but Kendrick dropped a new album so everything's all good.
"Your problem is that no one gave you the administration you need to be successful. And that’s why I’m gonna administrate the absolute shit out of this place...
I won’t rest until you are literally dreaming about those strategic priorities..."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
I won’t rest until you are literally dreaming about those strategic priorities..."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
I Am a Passionate Mid-Level University Administrator, and I’m Gonna Administrate the Shit Out of This Place
Look, this place needs to be administrated, and I’m the guy to do it. I know you’ve been doing your best, but you’ve been held back. You haven’t be...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
"Your problem is that no one gave you the administration you need to be successful. And that’s why I’m gonna administrate the absolute shit out of this place...
I won’t rest until you are literally dreaming about those strategic priorities..."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
I won’t rest until you are literally dreaming about those strategic priorities..."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
A good time for The Old Ceremony
November 17, 2024 at 2:53 AM
A good time for The Old Ceremony
Thought for the day:
“"But what on earth is whiteness that one should so desire it?" Then always, somehow, some way, silently but clearly, I am given to understand that whiteness is the ownership of the earth forever and ever, Amen!”
W.E.B. Du Bois
“"But what on earth is whiteness that one should so desire it?" Then always, somehow, some way, silently but clearly, I am given to understand that whiteness is the ownership of the earth forever and ever, Amen!”
W.E.B. Du Bois
November 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Thought for the day:
“"But what on earth is whiteness that one should so desire it?" Then always, somehow, some way, silently but clearly, I am given to understand that whiteness is the ownership of the earth forever and ever, Amen!”
W.E.B. Du Bois
“"But what on earth is whiteness that one should so desire it?" Then always, somehow, some way, silently but clearly, I am given to understand that whiteness is the ownership of the earth forever and ever, Amen!”
W.E.B. Du Bois
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TRIVIA: If confirmed as Trump’s attorney general, Matt Gaetz would make history as the first-ever Cabinet secretary to lead a department that previously investigated him for sex trafficking
November 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
TRIVIA: If confirmed as Trump’s attorney general, Matt Gaetz would make history as the first-ever Cabinet secretary to lead a department that previously investigated him for sex trafficking
Reposted by Benjamin Blaisdell
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.
The demonstration was primarily led by Jewish students.
The demonstration was primarily led by Jewish students.
Students Suspended from Harvard Divinity School Library After Pray-In | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.
www.thecrimson.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.
The demonstration was primarily led by Jewish students.
The demonstration was primarily led by Jewish students.
"...for radicals, voting isn't personal.
Because radicals know all presidents,
once elected, become our opponents.
...you don't vote for who's deserving.
You vote for the ones you are best equipped to fight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2CH...
Because radicals know all presidents,
once elected, become our opponents.
...you don't vote for who's deserving.
You vote for the ones you are best equipped to fight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2CH...
Vote Like A Radical
YouTube video by NDN Collective
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
"...for radicals, voting isn't personal.
Because radicals know all presidents,
once elected, become our opponents.
...you don't vote for who's deserving.
You vote for the ones you are best equipped to fight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2CH...
Because radicals know all presidents,
once elected, become our opponents.
...you don't vote for who's deserving.
You vote for the ones you are best equipped to fight."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2CH...
"...the underlying assumption that Democrats are simply entitled to Black votes without having to account for their record is part of a larger political problem that is coming home to roost."
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
Why Is the Election Between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris So Close?
By refusing to learn from the past, Democrats risk handing the White House back to Trump.
hammerandhope.org
October 29, 2024 at 10:23 PM
"...the underlying assumption that Democrats are simply entitled to Black votes without having to account for their record is part of a larger political problem that is coming home to roost."
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
hammerandhope.org/article/trum...
"The “problem” in this country is how the majority of white people vote."
"In this election, the powers that be have decided that Black men are the appropriate scapegoat."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
"In this election, the powers that be have decided that Black men are the appropriate scapegoat."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Black Men Will Vote for Harris—White Men Are the Problem
Why is the media talking so much about the fraction of Black men who might go MAGA when more than 60 percent of white men will vote for Trump?
www.thenation.com
October 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
"The “problem” in this country is how the majority of white people vote."
"In this election, the powers that be have decided that Black men are the appropriate scapegoat."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
"In this election, the powers that be have decided that Black men are the appropriate scapegoat."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Common freestyles over Toto's 'Africa' at the Aspen Ideas Festival
www.npr.org/2024/10/14/g...
www.npr.org/2024/10/14/g...
Common freestyles over Toto's 'Africa' at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Watch as Common and Aspen Music School students take the 1982 soft-rock hit and make something spontaneous, yet memorable.
www.npr.org
October 16, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Common freestyles over Toto's 'Africa' at the Aspen Ideas Festival
www.npr.org/2024/10/14/g...
www.npr.org/2024/10/14/g...
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
October 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
"For some time now, I have been both disgusted and horrified by the way higher education has developed into a cash register – essentially a money-making, MBA, lawyer-run, hedge fund-cum-real estate operation, with a minor sideline in education...” Khalidi says.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Rashid Khalidi, America’s foremost scholar of Palestine, is retiring: ‘I don’t want to be a cog in the machine any more’
As the Columbia University professor steps down, he addresses student protests and how ‘higher education has developed into a hedge fund’
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
"For some time now, I have been both disgusted and horrified by the way higher education has developed into a cash register – essentially a money-making, MBA, lawyer-run, hedge fund-cum-real estate operation, with a minor sideline in education...” Khalidi says.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
"...race is a species of power and nothing else."
October 7, 2024 at 9:30 PM
"...race is a species of power and nothing else."
"We have witnessed antisemitism get stripped of its meaning... We are told consistently that there is no right way to speak out against a clear wrong because systematically every method of protest... is framed as an amorphous attack on Jews everywhere..."
newrepublic.com/article/1865...
newrepublic.com/article/1865...
The Appalling Attack on Ta-Nehisi Coates Is a Massive Media Failing
It is not antisemitic to defend Palestinian human rights. And it’s past time for more American Jews to say so to correct a media that’s lost the thread.
newrepublic.com
October 6, 2024 at 3:07 PM
"We have witnessed antisemitism get stripped of its meaning... We are told consistently that there is no right way to speak out against a clear wrong because systematically every method of protest... is framed as an amorphous attack on Jews everywhere..."
newrepublic.com/article/1865...
newrepublic.com/article/1865...
I voted voted
November 5, 2023 at 4:11 AM
I voted voted