Eliana Castro, Ph.D. 🇩🇴
@drelianacastro.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of History/Social Studies Education - curriculum & instruction | teaching & learning of race/racism 🦅
Black Latina, mother, runner, reader, world travel enthusiast scared of planes
Black Latina, mother, runner, reader, world travel enthusiast scared of planes
Pinned
👋🏾 I'm a Dominican kid from Lawrence, MA. Did some school, taught some babies, asked some questions, and I get to call it research.
I'm interested in how BIPOC, esp AfroLatinx youth, learn about race/racism in & out of school. History/social studies is my focus area, but yay interdisciplinarity!
I'm interested in how BIPOC, esp AfroLatinx youth, learn about race/racism in & out of school. History/social studies is my focus area, but yay interdisciplinarity!
KEY POINT: "Successful authoritarian governments cultivate authoritarian cultures. Key to that project is the rejection of accountability, the embrace of impunity and the demand that ordinary people stand ready to be scrutinized by the state for any reason it deems necessary." The double standard!!!
Opinion | ICE Will See You Now
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
KEY POINT: "Successful authoritarian governments cultivate authoritarian cultures. Key to that project is the rejection of accountability, the embrace of impunity and the demand that ordinary people stand ready to be scrutinized by the state for any reason it deems necessary." The double standard!!!
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The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?
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Someday your grandchildren will ask you, "What did you do during the Trump presidency?" Now is the time to do all of those things to resist, so they will be proud of you. www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/20...
7 Ways to Rise Up Against Trumpism 2.0
Grassroots movements, legal organizations, and nonprofits are leading the opposition.
www.yesmagazine.org
May 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Someday your grandchildren will ask you, "What did you do during the Trump presidency?" Now is the time to do all of those things to resist, so they will be proud of you. www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/20...
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What is happening is unquestionably the biggest corruption scandal in American history.
His acceptance of a luxury plane from Qatar, his extensive ties to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Azerbaijan, his repeated promotion of shady crypto as a means of buying direct access to him.
His acceptance of a luxury plane from Qatar, his extensive ties to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Azerbaijan, his repeated promotion of shady crypto as a means of buying direct access to him.
America Has Never Seen a President This Corrupt
Trump’s brazen use of the White House to advance his family businesses should be one of the biggest scandals in the country’s history.
newrepublic.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
What is happening is unquestionably the biggest corruption scandal in American history.
His acceptance of a luxury plane from Qatar, his extensive ties to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Azerbaijan, his repeated promotion of shady crypto as a means of buying direct access to him.
His acceptance of a luxury plane from Qatar, his extensive ties to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Azerbaijan, his repeated promotion of shady crypto as a means of buying direct access to him.
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Maribel and I wrote up a short piece on Harvard Education Press' blog about our new book! hep.gse.harvard.edu/blog/2025/04...
Now is the Time: History as Healing and Resistance - Harvard Education Press
We began planning our book back in 2020 when whole cities were burning, protesting against the modern-day lynching of Black people.
hep.gse.harvard.edu
April 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Maribel and I wrote up a short piece on Harvard Education Press' blog about our new book! hep.gse.harvard.edu/blog/2025/04...
In this piece, I discuss how 5 teens read the racial silences in their schooling and interpret the racial experiences. I explore instructional supports to help students articulate the more complex and enduring understandings of structural/ institutional racism to foster critical racial consciousness
February 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In this piece, I discuss how 5 teens read the racial silences in their schooling and interpret the racial experiences. I explore instructional supports to help students articulate the more complex and enduring understandings of structural/ institutional racism to foster critical racial consciousness
Professional orgs, take note:
The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
ACOG Endorsed
The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.
www.acog.org
February 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Professional orgs, take note:
American activists are being doxxed at home, and people in need of "humanitarian" aid abroad will be left to fend for themselves. Every single move is inhumane and destructive. So many people are going to die.
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
American activists are being doxxed at home, and people in need of "humanitarian" aid abroad will be left to fend for themselves. Every single move is inhumane and destructive. So many people are going to die.
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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".. An individual product could pass between the U.S. and Mexico between four and eight times, said Tom Fullerton, an economics professor at the University of Texas .. A tariff would .. substantially increase the cost of the final product .."
@texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/d...
@texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/d...
Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexico could devastate border region, Texas economists warn
The president-elect said he intends to levy a 25% tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada until drugs and undocumented migrants stop crossing the border.
www.texastribune.org
November 27, 2024 at 12:17 PM
".. An individual product could pass between the U.S. and Mexico between four and eight times, said Tom Fullerton, an economics professor at the University of Texas .. A tariff would .. substantially increase the cost of the final product .."
@texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/d...
@texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/d...
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Police-related deaths remains a topic of discussion this week as two more Indigenous people died after being shot by police just two days apart in Manitoba, making the national count 13 in total since the end of August.
Police-related deaths of Indigenous people continue to grow | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
November 29, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Police-related deaths remains a topic of discussion this week as two more Indigenous people died after being shot by police just two days apart in Manitoba, making the national count 13 in total since the end of August.
The @cufasocforum.bsky.social session is also featuring the Providence Student Union. Thank you, PSU; we love the work you do with Rhode Island youth?
November 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
The @cufasocforum.bsky.social session is also featuring the Providence Student Union. Thank you, PSU; we love the work you do with Rhode Island youth?
We're so fortunate to be joined by the Coalition for Anti-Racism in Education's advocacy for diverse and inclusive history education in the state of Massachusetts! @cufasocforum.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 7:45 PM
We're so fortunate to be joined by the Coalition for Anti-Racism in Education's advocacy for diverse and inclusive history education in the state of Massachusetts! @cufasocforum.bsky.social
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👋 Hi, there! The CUFA Scholars of Color Forum is now on Bluesky!
We hope you're enjoying Day 2 of the #CUFA2024 Conference. Thank you to everyone who turned out for the SoC Forum session and business meeting!
We hope you're enjoying Day 2 of the #CUFA2024 Conference. Thank you to everyone who turned out for the SoC Forum session and business meeting!
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM
👋 Hi, there! The CUFA Scholars of Color Forum is now on Bluesky!
We hope you're enjoying Day 2 of the #CUFA2024 Conference. Thank you to everyone who turned out for the SoC Forum session and business meeting!
We hope you're enjoying Day 2 of the #CUFA2024 Conference. Thank you to everyone who turned out for the SoC Forum session and business meeting!
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So where does that leave us? Well... we mention #MDPI because they come by it honestly. They were outliers in every metric, and by wide wide margins.
All this growth is unsustainable. What's more, it's on the backs of volunteer work by scientists, while for-profit journals take in APCs.
🧵 8/n
All this growth is unsustainable. What's more, it's on the backs of volunteer work by scientists, while for-profit journals take in APCs.
🧵 8/n
November 19, 2024 at 12:27 PM
So where does that leave us? Well... we mention #MDPI because they come by it honestly. They were outliers in every metric, and by wide wide margins.
All this growth is unsustainable. What's more, it's on the backs of volunteer work by scientists, while for-profit journals take in APCs.
🧵 8/n
All this growth is unsustainable. What's more, it's on the backs of volunteer work by scientists, while for-profit journals take in APCs.
🧵 8/n
The comeuppance is so sweet!
BIG NEWS: A Wyoming judge just struck down WY's abortion bans.
And get this: The judge invoked a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... that was passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare! Just backfired.
We explained this lawsuit here:
And get this: The judge invoked a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... that was passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare! Just backfired.
We explained this lawsuit here:
How Attacks Against Obamacare Turned Into Tools to Protect Abortion Access
Conservatives amended state constitutions to affirm broad rights for people to choose their health care. Now abortion rights proponents are taking them at their word.
boltsmag.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:47 PM
The comeuppance is so sweet!
We need more Jeff Jarvises. This is not normal and should NEVER be normalized.
Jarvis: His generals called him fascist. Joe Scarborough called him fascist, and now the fascist is in charge and it is journalism's job to cover it that way, not to back off and say okay, well that's it, we lost. Let the fascism happen. No
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 PM
We need more Jeff Jarvises. This is not normal and should NEVER be normalized.
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Pay attention to Oklahoma.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
November 18, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Pay attention to Oklahoma.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
Bibles in classrooms isn't the big story.
The same legal teams behind the seeding of Dobbs are driving a case to create religious schools fully funded by the public & they've already petitioned the Supreme Court.
Understandably, everyone was focused on the election.
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I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky
It’s not just an Alf pics repository.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Favorite feature: Starter Packs!
Today, @ankhithakurta.bsky.social asked me for a fun party idea, and well into my explanation, I realized what I was describing was a history lesson. I'm an incorrigible nerd 🤓
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Today, @ankhithakurta.bsky.social asked me for a fun party idea, and well into my explanation, I realized what I was describing was a history lesson. I'm an incorrigible nerd 🤓
