Cassondra Hanna
@cossandro.bsky.social
historian / black studies phd student
working on histories of race, space & education
currently @ harvard aaas / formerly @ uva history
fisk alum / #hbcugrad | she/her
working on histories of race, space & education
currently @ harvard aaas / formerly @ uva history
fisk alum / #hbcugrad | she/her
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4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
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It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's really OK to change your mind when new facts are presented. It really is.
Taking a French class and I’m mostly learning that I have a pretty weak grasp of the English language…
October 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Taking a French class and I’m mostly learning that I have a pretty weak grasp of the English language…
I remember being on a flight next to a child who was screaming extraordinarily loud. I remember feeling a lil irritated before realizing that my ears had just popped. It occurred to me that the poor lil guy likely felt the same discomfort but had no idea what was happening. I would be screaming too!
As the parent of a crying toddler on a plane this weekend, I appreciate this. People were very patient and kind about it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I remember being on a flight next to a child who was screaming extraordinarily loud. I remember feeling a lil irritated before realizing that my ears had just popped. It occurred to me that the poor lil guy likely felt the same discomfort but had no idea what was happening. I would be screaming too!
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I find it strange how rarely people in the U.S. and outside of it truly contend with how VAST the country is geographically.
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I find it strange how rarely people in the U.S. and outside of it truly contend with how VAST the country is geographically.
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
Folks LOVE to mention France but Paris has a population of 2 million people and is 40 square miles.
NYC has a population of 8.5 million and is over 460 square miles
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Terra Cotta’s regime bans considerations of race in hiring but grants itself carte blanche to consider race in firing.
October 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Terra Cotta’s regime bans considerations of race in hiring but grants itself carte blanche to consider race in firing.
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Quiet as it’s kept, “dialogue” won’t cure what ails this godforsaken nation.
September 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Quiet as it’s kept, “dialogue” won’t cure what ails this godforsaken nation.
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“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde
September 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest is to say that we do not have to live this way." — Audre Lorde
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the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet
September 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet
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We are living in some supremely absurd times.
September 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
We are living in some supremely absurd times.
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I am a professor because the McNair Scholars Program showed me what I was capable of. I will fight with everything I have to make sure others have the same opportunities.
McNair matters!
McNair matters!
Not surprisingly but still unfortunately, the McNair program is under attack.
I was not a beneficiary of the program but have participated in it as a mentor and speaker, and I have seen how it positively impacts the lives of its students.
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I was not a beneficiary of the program but have participated in it as a mentor and speaker, and I have seen how it positively impacts the lives of its students.
coenet.org/protect-the-...
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September 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I am a professor because the McNair Scholars Program showed me what I was capable of. I will fight with everything I have to make sure others have the same opportunities.
McNair matters!
McNair matters!
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Losing my mind a little over this.
BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏
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There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
June 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Losing my mind a little over this.
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Amen.
College financing is a statistical shell game of tuition, discount rates, fees, endowment restrictions, rate swaps, overnight lending, arbitrary enrollment ratios, bullshit demography, & FAFSA arbitrage. This complexity is designed for narrative flexibility & Ponzi austerity.
Free college for all.
Free college for all.
June 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Amen.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.
June 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.
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It’s not my monkey, nor my zoo but this nyc mayor race is something else.
June 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It’s not my monkey, nor my zoo but this nyc mayor race is something else.
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We wake up this morning knowing that Ella Baker's words are still true.
“We are not in the final stages of the freedom struggle. We are really just beginning.”
-Ella Baker
-Ella Baker
June 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We wake up this morning knowing that Ella Baker's words are still true.
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Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”
June 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”
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Please don't talk to me about history unless you've actually read history.
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Please don't talk to me about history unless you've actually read history.
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I agree with those who say that by attacking sanctuary cities, the administration was trying to provoke a response they could exploit. But here's the thing: there is no perfect move for a community under siege. Cooperation and the passive absorption of violence are also highly exploitable moves.
June 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I agree with those who say that by attacking sanctuary cities, the administration was trying to provoke a response they could exploit. But here's the thing: there is no perfect move for a community under siege. Cooperation and the passive absorption of violence are also highly exploitable moves.
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Another world is possible if we fight for it.
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June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Another world is possible if we fight for it.