James M. Thomas (JT)
@insurgentprof.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Sociologist. Author. Co-editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Newest book: The Souls of Jewish Folk
https://ugapress.org/book/9780820365077/the-souls-of-jewish-folk/
Currently writing a book about White people
https://ugapress.org/book/9780820365077/the-souls-of-jewish-folk/
Currently writing a book about White people
Pinned
‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that
How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.
theconversation.com
For The Conversation, I wrote about how White Southerners are making sense of what it means to be White in these times.
In a nutshell, it’s complicated.
I hope you’ll read and share widely.
theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
In a nutshell, it’s complicated.
I hope you’ll read and share widely.
theconversation.com/its-a-compli...
If a public university’s policy aims to stop you from teaching, speaking on, or otherwise providing students with knowledge and understanding of race, gender, sexuality, class exploitation, citizenship, etc. then we’re going to need to do it anyway and let the courts sort it out.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If a public university’s policy aims to stop you from teaching, speaking on, or otherwise providing students with knowledge and understanding of race, gender, sexuality, class exploitation, citizenship, etc. then we’re going to need to do it anyway and let the courts sort it out.
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It’s so great having this kind of resistance embedded at Ole Miss. Thank you!
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s so great having this kind of resistance embedded at Ole Miss. Thank you!
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BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
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UCW-Southeast statement on TPUSA event featuring VP Vance at the University of Mississippi
#solidarity
#solidarity
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
UCW-Southeast statement on TPUSA event featuring VP Vance at the University of Mississippi
#solidarity
#solidarity
UCW-Southeast statement on TPUSA event featuring VP Vance at the University of Mississippi
#solidarity
#solidarity
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
UCW-Southeast statement on TPUSA event featuring VP Vance at the University of Mississippi
#solidarity
#solidarity
Senate Republicans already voted to strip billions of money from poor people, and have stood by while thousands have been fired.
Your math ain’t mathin’, Tim
Your math ain’t mathin’, Tim
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Senate Republicans already voted to strip billions of money from poor people, and have stood by while thousands have been fired.
Your math ain’t mathin’, Tim
Your math ain’t mathin’, Tim
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
One of the perks of a soccer tournament in Memphis is the after-game Costco run.
Second day in a row of coming here to eat the samples, and procure an absurdly cheap hot dog
Second day in a row of coming here to eat the samples, and procure an absurdly cheap hot dog
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
One of the perks of a soccer tournament in Memphis is the after-game Costco run.
Second day in a row of coming here to eat the samples, and procure an absurdly cheap hot dog
Second day in a row of coming here to eat the samples, and procure an absurdly cheap hot dog
I’m a soccer dad now.
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’m a soccer dad now.
Friends and colleagues,
Please encourage your undergraduate students to apply for our 3rd annual summer REU program centered on the interdisciplinary study of race, power, and the politics of place, all set within the context of the dynamic and vibrant American South.
Please encourage your undergraduate students to apply for our 3rd annual summer REU program centered on the interdisciplinary study of race, power, and the politics of place, all set within the context of the dynamic and vibrant American South.
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Friends and colleagues,
Please encourage your undergraduate students to apply for our 3rd annual summer REU program centered on the interdisciplinary study of race, power, and the politics of place, all set within the context of the dynamic and vibrant American South.
Please encourage your undergraduate students to apply for our 3rd annual summer REU program centered on the interdisciplinary study of race, power, and the politics of place, all set within the context of the dynamic and vibrant American South.
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Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
At 15 of the 20 academies benefiting from the tax credit program, student bodies were at least 85% white…And among the 20, enrollments at five were more than 60 percentage points whiter than their communities.”
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At 15 of the 20 academies benefiting from the tax credit program, student bodies were at least 85% white…And among the 20, enrollments at five were more than 60 percentage points whiter than their communities.”
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
www.propublica.org/article/miss...
Volume 11, Issue 4 of SRE. End of an era, as this issue brings to a close our run as co-editors.
Honor of a lifetime. The journal and the field are in excellent shape going forward.
Onward.
Honor of a lifetime. The journal and the field are in excellent shape going forward.
Onward.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Volume 11, Issue 4 of SRE. End of an era, as this issue brings to a close our run as co-editors.
Honor of a lifetime. The journal and the field are in excellent shape going forward.
Onward.
Honor of a lifetime. The journal and the field are in excellent shape going forward.
Onward.
Right wing media is NOT happy this morning
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Right wing media is NOT happy this morning
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NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
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He’ll certainly try, but I think the results might just make Republicans skittish about playing along.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
He’ll certainly try, but I think the results might just make Republicans skittish about playing along.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
Gerrymandering is now riskier as they might lose more seats in close contests. Suppression tougher with slimmer margins in the states. Intimidation only backfired.
Last night, we ended a Republican supermajority in Mississippi.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Last night, we ended a Republican supermajority in Mississippi.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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This is a retweet account for the foreseeable future!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This is a retweet account for the foreseeable future!!