#Scholars

We're a week away from the start of the new academy season so, as is now tradition, here's our look at the new first-year scholars across the country. We'll start

a socially distanced teacher

This is an important observation, and if folks want to really know about whiteness they do need to read deeper. But I think this still falls on the side of

Instead of explaining why scholars of “Indigenous religion” are so indebted to colonial thinking, I’m really tempted just to accept their misplaced theories & use them to “interpret” normative religion.

Over the years I have confronted a great deal of academic gaslighting from scholars in the field who constantly tried to get me to second guess myself. Some examples of

I haven't really said anything about this whole situation, but it's harming people I respect, so here goes. About a week ago, an anonymous account attacked Sydnee Wagner for talking

Tressie McMillan Cottom

UVA isn’t *exceptionally* racist, in my experience. I’ve certainly engaged with more racist institutions. UVA *is* more racist than its modest prestige generally affords an institution.https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/22/two-

Chisomo Kalinga, PhD

This tweet deserved to go viral. The gentrification of decolonisation was inevitable. Northern scholars, determined to secure funding from it, had to change the parameters to do so. To paraphrase

The Ummah will never cease to be upon goodness as long as it doesn’t take knowledge from its Asaaghir (young in age).Thread: The messenger ﷺ said:“Verily from the signs of

Several groups have reached out over the past few months, asking whether or not I do PD/workshops related to assessing school quality "beyond test scores." Here's my answer, which I'm

In my “Afro Latinx History” class, Jessica Krug discussed dynamics of white scholars engaging in black studies. She really had the audacity pull up an image of the white woman

With respect to issues of race, there are (1) "black folk who happen to be scholars/intellectuals", and (2) "scholars/intellectuals who happen to be black".My experience has been that the first

Butler's NS interview reminds us that writers/scholars evolve. Their earlier work in Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter--despite being revolutionary--also did harm to trans & nonbinary communities. This new interview

This is Not the American Cultural Revolution https://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2020/08/this-is-not-american-cultural-revolution.html In a new piece, I explain why the analogy many people are making between the BLM protests and the Maoist

Black Disabled Lives Matter

Seeing some brilliant thoughts on microaggressions in academia, so thought I would list some I’ve noticed against disabled scholars #AcademicAbleism (It’s important to say that academia purposely keeps disabled Black

I often observe academics, marginalized scholars, apologize for "self-promotion” of work focused on community empowerment. In contrast, straight white male able-bodied academics only interested in self-promotion as a way of

Comfort Chukwuere

Dear Prospective Scholars, Please resist that attitude of UNHEALTHY COMPETITION with your fellow prospective scholars.Refrain from hoarding scholarship information or refusing to assist others.Something happened recently and I will share