Once again the NYT is so focused on the Ivy League it's missing the stories of activism on the CUNY campuses around town as well as Rutgers and other non-Ivy NJ schools.
When I'm having brunch with a guy and he proceeds to mansplain to me, a scholar of slavery with 24 years of research experience, that of course the U.S. Civil War wasn't about slavery, and everyone who thinks that is unscientific and uncurious, and that, I, in maintaining that the U.S. Civil War was about slavery, am being disrespectful.
In case anyone was wondering how My Sunday was. #histodons
Wow the NYT is going all out to defend that shady poll they conducted. They've now gotten four days worth of headlines out of that shit. It's getting very old.
@kgehred I've been going with Indigenous or Native, and with specific ethnonyms when I can, as "Indian" seems to be getting increasing pushback. This seems to work!
@legalquilts@kgehred For example, in a first use I might say "Kenienké:haka (Mohawks)" since most people will be familiar with "Mohawks" rather than the preferred ethnonym Kenienké:haka.
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