Raul Perez
@raulperez.bsky.social
sociologist and author of The Souls of White Jokes (Stanford University Press) https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30308
Symposium today on humor and the Right. We will highlight the intersection of humor/comedy/memes etc. with issues of nationalism, race, gender, sexuality, fascism, and more, past and present and around the world. Free event, program and registration info below.
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Symposium today on humor and the Right. We will highlight the intersection of humor/comedy/memes etc. with issues of nationalism, race, gender, sexuality, fascism, and more, past and present and around the world. Free event, program and registration info below.
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
Cool, so this means that the average first-time home buyer in the US can now expect to pay off their first home by age 90, which is only about 12 years after the average life expectancy of 78 years old in the USA 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Cool, so this means that the average first-time home buyer in the US can now expect to pay off their first home by age 90, which is only about 12 years after the average life expectancy of 78 years old in the USA 🇺🇸
Woke 2.0 > Trump 2.0
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Woke 2.0 > Trump 2.0
A brown, Muslim, socialist was just elected as mayor of New York City, the largest and one of the most diverse cities in the US. This was a “woke-lash” to white nationalism and Trump 2.0 Amazing
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A brown, Muslim, socialist was just elected as mayor of New York City, the largest and one of the most diverse cities in the US. This was a “woke-lash” to white nationalism and Trump 2.0 Amazing
With recent headlines and op-eps stunned by the pervasive usage of racist jokes by young republicans, I think it’s worth mentioning a recent book I wrote that might be useful for better understanding the historical and systemic roots of such humor
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
With recent headlines and op-eps stunned by the pervasive usage of racist jokes by young republicans, I think it’s worth mentioning a recent book I wrote that might be useful for better understanding the historical and systemic roots of such humor
Ok I thought this was cool. So the African Studies department and philosophy faculty at the University of Cologne Germany highlight a new book every month on their university website. For September 2025 guess which book they recommended reading?
afrikanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/news-teas...
afrikanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/news-teas...
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Ok I thought this was cool. So the African Studies department and philosophy faculty at the University of Cologne Germany highlight a new book every month on their university website. For September 2025 guess which book they recommended reading?
afrikanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/news-teas...
afrikanistik.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/news-teas...
Comedians are defaulting to their historic and subservient role of being mouthpieces and court jesters for the powerful, both at home and abroad
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Comedians are defaulting to their historic and subservient role of being mouthpieces and court jesters for the powerful, both at home and abroad
US comedians and the mythology of being “champions of free speech” and “speaking truth to power” has evaporated
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
September 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
US comedians and the mythology of being “champions of free speech” and “speaking truth to power” has evaporated
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Humor has increasingly become a prominent tool in right-wing politics and media ecosystems in the US and globally. Check out this upcoming virtual symposium, and please share with those who might be interested in participating or attending
September 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Humor has increasingly become a prominent tool in right-wing politics and media ecosystems in the US and globally. Check out this upcoming virtual symposium, and please share with those who might be interested in participating or attending
This is exactly the kind of behavior we are trying to better analyze and understand. If you or your colleagues are currently studying, or looking to study the intersection of humor, violence, and the right please consider taking part in this upcoming virtual symposium
September 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is exactly the kind of behavior we are trying to better analyze and understand. If you or your colleagues are currently studying, or looking to study the intersection of humor, violence, and the right please consider taking part in this upcoming virtual symposium
I’d argue the patterned use of careless jokes/comments against marginalized groups certainly indicates one’s fascist proclivities and alignment with its ends. Great essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Reframing “PC” as holding the right accountable to their ostensible value and desire for “civility”
September 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I’d argue the patterned use of careless jokes/comments against marginalized groups certainly indicates one’s fascist proclivities and alignment with its ends. Great essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Reframing “PC” as holding the right accountable to their ostensible value and desire for “civility”
For those currently studying or interested in studying the relationship between humor and the right, I highly recommend taking part in this timely virtual symposium we recently put together. See our call 👇
September 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
For those currently studying or interested in studying the relationship between humor and the right, I highly recommend taking part in this timely virtual symposium we recently put together. See our call 👇
This just in, Trump now also canceling Fox News
September 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This just in, Trump now also canceling Fox News
We thought Jimmy Kimmel getting fired yesterday was fucked? Check out his new replacement
September 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We thought Jimmy Kimmel getting fired yesterday was fucked? Check out his new replacement
Recent coverage in msm on the use of coded memes and humor by the far-right looks at this phenomenon as a new problem or development, a product of genZ or social media. But the far right has been weaponizing violent humor over the last 5 decades. And it has gone from the fringes to the White House
September 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Recent coverage in msm on the use of coded memes and humor by the far-right looks at this phenomenon as a new problem or development, a product of genZ or social media. But the far right has been weaponizing violent humor over the last 5 decades. And it has gone from the fringes to the White House
Does this mean “color blindness” is officially over? You know, the bogus ideology white conservatives and liberals were pretending to espouse over the last 50 years, now that the supreme-icist court has re-legalized racial discrimination
September 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Does this mean “color blindness” is officially over? You know, the bogus ideology white conservatives and liberals were pretending to espouse over the last 50 years, now that the supreme-icist court has re-legalized racial discrimination
Declaring war on immigrants and US cites through AI genrated meme-warfare. The propaganda tool of choice by the decrepit wannabe dictator, who weaponizes humor to normalize fascism, state violence, and dehumanization.
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
September 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Declaring war on immigrants and US cites through AI genrated meme-warfare. The propaganda tool of choice by the decrepit wannabe dictator, who weaponizes humor to normalize fascism, state violence, and dehumanization.
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
So this was just posted by Homeland Security, without a hint of irony or jest. They are moving from hiding behind memes and jokes to being more explicit about their aims
July 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
So this was just posted by Homeland Security, without a hint of irony or jest. They are moving from hiding behind memes and jokes to being more explicit about their aims
white nationalists have been using racist humor to normalize and upload white supremacy over the last 2 centuries. Here are some recent books worth checking out on this
July 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
white nationalists have been using racist humor to normalize and upload white supremacy over the last 2 centuries. Here are some recent books worth checking out on this
rightwing comics contributed to mainstreaming anti-woke, white nationalism and how we got to now. Some thought platforming Trump and flirting with white supremacy was just fun and games, but now seem to have buyers remorse as they witness fascism in action. Others are doubling down on the fascism
July 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
rightwing comics contributed to mainstreaming anti-woke, white nationalism and how we got to now. Some thought platforming Trump and flirting with white supremacy was just fun and games, but now seem to have buyers remorse as they witness fascism in action. Others are doubling down on the fascism
Dumb conservative podcast bros thought platforming Trump and flirting with white nationalism was all fun and games but now have buyers remorse as they witness fascism in action. Their own role as rightwing comics in mainstreaming anti-woke and white supremacy is how we got to now
July 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Dumb conservative podcast bros thought platforming Trump and flirting with white nationalism was all fun and games but now have buyers remorse as they witness fascism in action. Their own role as rightwing comics in mainstreaming anti-woke and white supremacy is how we got to now
Using black and brown people as “gaitor bait” has a long history in the white racist colonial imagination
jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/201...
jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/201...
July 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Using black and brown people as “gaitor bait” has a long history in the white racist colonial imagination
jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/201...
jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/question/201...
Walking back to my car in DTLA today I spotted a few workers putting up some framing for a new apartment building. Were they undocumented? Who gives a fuck! These are the people the uprisings in LA are fighting to defend. Deport 10 million people? lol this dying empire would collapse in a heartbeat
June 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Walking back to my car in DTLA today I spotted a few workers putting up some framing for a new apartment building. Were they undocumented? Who gives a fuck! These are the people the uprisings in LA are fighting to defend. Deport 10 million people? lol this dying empire would collapse in a heartbeat