Ryan Jerome LeCount
@hoosierbluesman.bsky.social
Sociologist. Race & Politics; Policing; Religion; Firearms. Lover of ideas and music. Shepherd of cats. Seeker of Justice and prisoner of Hope. Views my own.
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right-wingers will often say that America deserves credit for ending slavery rather than blame for having slavery. but then we made a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery and they still got mad, which should tell you what their real objection is.
when you’re so racist you don’t let your workers have a day off for a holiday recognizing the end of slavery
June 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
right-wingers will often say that America deserves credit for ending slavery rather than blame for having slavery. but then we made a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery and they still got mad, which should tell you what their real objection is.
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It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
March 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
This is what being emboldened to say *all* of the quiet parts out loud looks like. A counterrevolutionary lunatic with the wind- and the White House- at his back. Most of us know all about Rufo and this reactionary project, but it's critical that everyone knows the stakes now.
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March 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is what being emboldened to say *all* of the quiet parts out loud looks like. A counterrevolutionary lunatic with the wind- and the White House- at his back. Most of us know all about Rufo and this reactionary project, but it's critical that everyone knows the stakes now.
shorturl.at/PHEKD
shorturl.at/PHEKD
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This is Willem Arondeus.
He attacked the 1943 Amsterdam civil registry office to destroy records that would be used by the Nazis to identify their targets.
He succeeded, but was captured due to someone betraying him.
His last words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."
He attacked the 1943 Amsterdam civil registry office to destroy records that would be used by the Nazis to identify their targets.
He succeeded, but was captured due to someone betraying him.
His last words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."
January 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is Willem Arondeus.
He attacked the 1943 Amsterdam civil registry office to destroy records that would be used by the Nazis to identify their targets.
He succeeded, but was captured due to someone betraying him.
His last words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."
He attacked the 1943 Amsterdam civil registry office to destroy records that would be used by the Nazis to identify their targets.
He succeeded, but was captured due to someone betraying him.
His last words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."
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IQ tests are astrology for racists
December 26, 2024 at 6:52 PM
IQ tests are astrology for racists
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Movies give us bad guys who know they're bad guys.
Reality is much more dangerous. It gives us bad guys who think they're good.
Reality is much more dangerous. It gives us bad guys who think they're good.
November 9, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Movies give us bad guys who know they're bad guys.
Reality is much more dangerous. It gives us bad guys who think they're good.
Reality is much more dangerous. It gives us bad guys who think they're good.
Aesthetic concerns, “neighborhood character,” and historic preservation should always be subordinated to the interest of affordable housing for all citizens - with particular attention to those whose fore-bearers were denied access to wealth accumulation via housing policy for generations.
What’s your thing that shouldn’t be controversial in today’s politics but somehow is?
I want people to vote.
I want people to vote.
September 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Aesthetic concerns, “neighborhood character,” and historic preservation should always be subordinated to the interest of affordable housing for all citizens - with particular attention to those whose fore-bearers were denied access to wealth accumulation via housing policy for generations.
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Believing in the American Dream increases affluent parents’ likelihood of "opportunity hoarding"
Affluent parents who believed in social mobility unfairly advantage their children (eg misrepresenting their identities on school & job applications) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Affluent parents who believed in social mobility unfairly advantage their children (eg misrepresenting their identities on school & job applications) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 11, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Believing in the American Dream increases affluent parents’ likelihood of "opportunity hoarding"
Affluent parents who believed in social mobility unfairly advantage their children (eg misrepresenting their identities on school & job applications) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Affluent parents who believed in social mobility unfairly advantage their children (eg misrepresenting their identities on school & job applications) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Intergroup Contact
In our new article, we argue that “social scientists need to clarify the social psychological foundations and consequences of intergroup contact volition - one's perceived personal control over intergroup contact engagement and avoidance.”
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
#SocialPsyc
In our new article, we argue that “social scientists need to clarify the social psychological foundations and consequences of intergroup contact volition - one's perceived personal control over intergroup contact engagement and avoidance.”
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
#SocialPsyc
July 30, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Intergroup Contact
In our new article, we argue that “social scientists need to clarify the social psychological foundations and consequences of intergroup contact volition - one's perceived personal control over intergroup contact engagement and avoidance.”
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
#SocialPsyc
In our new article, we argue that “social scientists need to clarify the social psychological foundations and consequences of intergroup contact volition - one's perceived personal control over intergroup contact engagement and avoidance.”
doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
#SocialPsyc
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One data point among many: Biden won voters making under $50K 55-44 in 2020. They were about as blue as New Mexico.
Cannot be emphasized enough that the Democrats don't have an issue in getting support with the working class as a class. They have an issue winning white people.
Cannot be emphasized enough that the Democrats don't have an issue in getting support with the working class as a class. They have an issue winning white people.
Bernie Sanders had a recent interview with @velshi.bsky.social on msnbc where he says “most” working class voters in America support Republicans and… uhhh I think he misspoke because that is clearly not remotely true even with the erosion over the years in Democratic working class vote share
July 29, 2024 at 3:26 AM
One data point among many: Biden won voters making under $50K 55-44 in 2020. They were about as blue as New Mexico.
Cannot be emphasized enough that the Democrats don't have an issue in getting support with the working class as a class. They have an issue winning white people.
Cannot be emphasized enough that the Democrats don't have an issue in getting support with the working class as a class. They have an issue winning white people.
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@davebrady72.bsky.social @rsbaker.bsky.social & Ryan Finnigan, in “The Role of Single Motherhood in America’s High Child Poverty,” show the “high penalty for single motherhood” plays a greater role than the prevalence of single moms. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
July 18, 2024 at 4:46 PM
@davebrady72.bsky.social @rsbaker.bsky.social & Ryan Finnigan, in “The Role of Single Motherhood in America’s High Child Poverty,” show the “high penalty for single motherhood” plays a greater role than the prevalence of single moms. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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"The unemployed actually opposed Hitler and voted en masse for the parties of the left....What was once called the petite bourgeoisie, then, was key to his support—not people feeling the brunt of economic precarity but people feeling the possibility of it."
From www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
From www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
March 23, 2024 at 3:40 PM
"The unemployed actually opposed Hitler and voted en masse for the parties of the left....What was once called the petite bourgeoisie, then, was key to his support—not people feeling the brunt of economic precarity but people feeling the possibility of it."
From www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
From www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I was on NewsNation yesterday to talk about how the loss of 1 million local government jobs in 2020 led to the crime spike and how the return of teachers, counselors, coaches and others in 2023 led to a rapid decline in crime. Check it out: www.newsnationnow.com/crime/crime-...
‘Effect of COVID’: FBI data shows crime was down in 2023
New FBI data shows violent crime fell 6% overall with murder down 13%, rapes down 12% and robberies and aggravated assaults down 5%.
www.newsnationnow.com
March 21, 2024 at 11:16 AM
I was on NewsNation yesterday to talk about how the loss of 1 million local government jobs in 2020 led to the crime spike and how the return of teachers, counselors, coaches and others in 2023 led to a rapid decline in crime. Check it out: www.newsnationnow.com/crime/crime-...
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Ugh I have to finish my faculty annual report by friday. All the horror of having to write about oneself, but also with the added bonus of having to do it in like… A very specific bureaucratic format? Bleh
February 29, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Ugh I have to finish my faculty annual report by friday. All the horror of having to write about oneself, but also with the added bonus of having to do it in like… A very specific bureaucratic format? Bleh
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Arguments about electability are driven by ideological preferences, not actual electability evaluations. Voters also see women and minorities as less electable but ideologically extreme candidates as more electable, finds @hjghassell.bsky.social & Visalvanich doi.org/10.1007/s111...
January 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Arguments about electability are driven by ideological preferences, not actual electability evaluations. Voters also see women and minorities as less electable but ideologically extreme candidates as more electable, finds @hjghassell.bsky.social & Visalvanich doi.org/10.1007/s111...
In discourse rife with Gen X erasure, I just want to pause to note the *thoroughly* Gen X nature of this phenomenon from its references to the networks across which it is moving. And it's a thing of beauty.
THINGS I WON’T DO:
- That
- That
THINGS I HATE:
- Everything About You
- Myself for Loving You
- Everything About You
- Myself for Loving You
November 20, 2023 at 3:46 AM
In discourse rife with Gen X erasure, I just want to pause to note the *thoroughly* Gen X nature of this phenomenon from its references to the networks across which it is moving. And it's a thing of beauty.
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You're conflating antivax leaders with people taken in by them. Studies show empathy works to change minds of the hesitant. That won't change tactics of the grifters leading the movement.
November 19, 2023 at 2:44 AM
You're conflating antivax leaders with people taken in by them. Studies show empathy works to change minds of the hesitant. That won't change tactics of the grifters leading the movement.
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Your regular reminder that whenever you see a headline about how the white population in the U.S. is changing, the key question to ask is: How is that data analysis defining "white"?
www.npr.org/2021/08/22/1...
www.npr.org/2021/08/22/1...
November 9, 2023 at 5:09 AM
Your regular reminder that whenever you see a headline about how the white population in the U.S. is changing, the key question to ask is: How is that data analysis defining "white"?
www.npr.org/2021/08/22/1...
www.npr.org/2021/08/22/1...
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If you make your politics all about making the right people upset then you are building a politics that can't ever build a better world.
October 20, 2023 at 12:18 AM
If you make your politics all about making the right people upset then you are building a politics that can't ever build a better world.
"Red Sea"
- Aurora Levins Morales
- Aurora Levins Morales
October 13, 2023 at 7:29 AM
"Red Sea"
- Aurora Levins Morales
- Aurora Levins Morales
I continue to try to give Leonhardt the benefit of the doubt, but that he seems to have found his way to Táíwò's complex (and internal) critique by way of a new book from......Freddie D*Boer.... does not inspire confidence in his judgement for me.
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September 27, 2023 at 2:07 AM
I continue to try to give Leonhardt the benefit of the doubt, but that he seems to have found his way to Táíwò's complex (and internal) critique by way of a new book from......Freddie D*Boer.... does not inspire confidence in his judgement for me.
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We're hiring! We've extended our deadline to 10/9 and welcome your applications for a Tenure track Assistant Professor position. We are Sociologists whose work is interdisciplinary and community-engaged, and we're looking for a passionate scholar to join our learning community. Inquiries welcome!
September 23, 2023 at 8:34 PM
We're hiring! We've extended our deadline to 10/9 and welcome your applications for a Tenure track Assistant Professor position. We are Sociologists whose work is interdisciplinary and community-engaged, and we're looking for a passionate scholar to join our learning community. Inquiries welcome!
Racial Threat theory would suggest that a non-trivial force driving this divestment among White Wisconsinites is the decline in the proportion of White men who are the beneficiaries of state investment, and the internal UW data affirm this. Note the steep increase in % Students of Color after 2014.
September 16, 2023 at 6:36 AM
Racial Threat theory would suggest that a non-trivial force driving this divestment among White Wisconsinites is the decline in the proportion of White men who are the beneficiaries of state investment, and the internal UW data affirm this. Note the steep increase in % Students of Color after 2014.
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Once again, we could avoid this dumb circling firing squad btw our starved campuses & solve nearly every other problem in higher education - up to & including parents’ hysteria about getting their kids into the Ivies - simply by
Funding.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
Funding.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
September 15, 2023 at 7:04 AM
Once again, we could avoid this dumb circling firing squad btw our starved campuses & solve nearly every other problem in higher education - up to & including parents’ hysteria about getting their kids into the Ivies - simply by
Funding.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
Funding.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
