Brandi Collins-Dexter
Author of Black Skinhead: Reflections in Blackness & Our Political Future. Cat mom (Ella & Satchel). Researcher. Techno optimist in an antitrust goth phase. Chicago is my ❤️, Baltimore is my 🏡.
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- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterWith Kanye claiming he's a Nazi and selling swastika T-shirts, I'm reminded of one of the more prescient books of the last few years from scholar Brandi Collins-Dexter (@brandicd.bsky.social). I interviewed her about the book three years ago. It predicted a lot more than just Kanye's latest turn.
- Running this back…
- This article about How South African (primarily white) men are changing the course of American democracy lives rent free in my mind... So much of politics are local but we can‘t ignore how history & global politics influence our reality. Some tidbits + www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-Dexter"CIA releases docs on Latino civil rights-era surveillance" www.axios.com/2025/01/06/c...
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterRegulation matters
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterDonna Ladd writes on an anonymous attempt to discredit the Mississippi Free Press using a mailer with false statements about the publication and its reporters.
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterThe city of New Orleans uses the Mississippi River as drinking water. Our current governor begged the state to remove funding from the city of New Orleans to fix the pumps and the decaying sewage and water system UNTIL the DA agrees to prosecute women for abortions. www.essence.com/news/louisia...
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterAs the year comes to a close, I remain grateful for all of the support I've received. I'm hoping to get to $16,000 by this time tomorrow. Please consider sharing this link to help me reach that goal. www.gofundme.com/f/community-...
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterIt is fascinating how just being wealthy affords Elon positive traits that are completely contrary to what we see with our own eyes
- A lot of the present discourse about H1-B visas mirror a debate I discussed in one of my essays (An Abomination of Obamanation) between Bannon & Candace Owens that was posted on YT (post 1/2) Steve Bannon Joins War Against Elon as MAGA Implodes newrepublic.com/post/189694/... via @newrepublic.com 1
- MAGA has long tried to have it both ways, they gleefully traffic in antiBlackness while actively courting Black voters. They want to lay claim to being “real Americans” & playing into nativism, while also using the model minority myth to divide naturally aligned groups. Beyond MAGA, This is America
- Me, a Bears fan, watching the Vikings skywalk all over the Packers on their way to the playoffs:
- And I say this not as someone that is just giddy about nationstates but as someone who has been warning about, researching (& attempting to organize against) the rising tide of techno-authoritarianism for over a decade.The most effective tool we had was antitrust/regulation- watch them go to work.
- I am not a baseball expert, just a nosy fan. Even I knew Burnes was not coming back here just because he performed well & got along in the clubhouse. Man gave the most unenthusiastic press conference going to spring training & told his pregnant wife not to come here. How’d the O’s miss this?
- Obviously Trump has always been a Ron Burgundy style empty vessel. Just like the first administration was made in Bannon’s image, this one will be made in Musk/Thiel’s image. It’s not clunky “MAGA,” it’s about making nationstates irrelevant. Project 2025 is window dressing, Zero to One is end game.
- Happy #Caturday 😻 I’ve been pretty sick. When I’m home, these little guys haven’t left my side. Especially the alpha girl cat. One thing about cats, when they love you, they love fiercely. They also love to start singing as soon as I’m even slightly awake, which is sweet but also kinda creepy.
- Thank you for this, I’m so glad you’re reading it and digging it! And the Dusty Rhodes/populism essay is definitely one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever done.
- Halfway through @brandicd.bsky.social book Black Skinhead, which is chock full of fascinating insights and analyses of US Black voters and politics, but I need to shout out the analogy of pro-wrestling as populism. Spot on, I've never had it explained to me better than that! ❤️
- This is absolutely a trash move by @motherjones.com -- would like to know if there’s ethical news outlets (& nonprofits for that matter) not just talking the talk but actually doing the thing when it comes to internal cultural. Would love to put my end of year donations to THOSE places.
- I was unexpectedly laid off from @motherjones.com on Friday the 13th. I’ve been deprived of direct access to my Google Drive, which contains seven years worth of work. I am also ineligible for unemployment. This is a terrible Christmas for me and my family. If you have leads for work, pls lmk.
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterBREAKING: The Teamsters are dramatically escalating their strike and taking it to Amazon’s largest NYC warehouse. Beginning at midnight tonight they will picket the massive facility with 5,500 workers. JFK8 on Staten Island is the first unionized Amazon warehouse.
- Journalist friends & folks connected to media. The most badass reporter I know, @aurabogado.bsky.social is on the market. A seasoned immigration reporter, has done some incredible investigative pieces. Experienced on eitorial strategy & digital engagement. Always gets her story. Plz spread the word.
- not me misspelling editorial...
- Watching Yankees fans pretending to take it in stride that Soto went to their “little brother” team is hilarious…until I remember this probably means Tony & Corbin are almost certainly headed up to the Bronx… 🤦🏾♀️
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterWe have to build and rely on our own tools. The company obviously doesn’t have the stomach to stand up to bigotry in all forms. And this is likely only the beginning of Bsky carving out exemptions for “VIPs”
- I can make peace with Corbin Burnes signing with a West Coast team. There will be no peace if he signs with the Yankees.
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-Dexternot to be redundant but I think it might be nice if the U.S. press informed the public that Trump's plan to take a hatchet to federal consumer, labor, environmental, and public safety protections is going to kill, injure, or defraud millions of people
- Perhaps also a good time to revisit the American Experience episodes on the Gilded Age and the 1920 bombing of Wall Street before they officially gut PBS & wipe away all reminders of the longstanding struggle to try to make America great (& how elites hindered progress). www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
- For the record: racism is not economically sound. It has cost the U.S. Trillions & cost society in ways that can‘ be quantified. The privatization of governent will do irreparable damage to the so called American dream. U.S. Economy Lost $16 Trillion Because Of Racism, www.npr.org/sections/liv...
- This article about How South African (primarily white) men are changing the course of American democracy lives rent free in my mind... So much of politics are local but we can‘t ignore how history & global politics influence our reality. Some tidbits + www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
- Piece includes a reminder of how Musk’s father’s conspiratorial mind & ethno-nationalist views likely influenced him. Also Thiel allegedly telling a Black female peer that “South Africa’s systematic denial of civil rights to black people was economically sound”. It reminds me of of when..
- At Color Of Change an early campaign my colleague @evanfeeney.bsky.social & I tried to run that got shut down was going after Peter Thiel for his use of the legal system (& useful idiot Hulk Hogan) to dismantle Gawker media. Was told it was irrelevant to racial justice. Wish I’d pushed back. 🤷🏾♀️
- Let me get offline before I say something I can’t take back, because I’ve definitely hit the low empathy portion of this year...
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterOn Dec. 4, 1969, Illinois Black Panther Party chapter Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton was assassinated in a coordinated effort by the FBI, Chicago police and Cook County State’s Attorney Office. This mural in Chicago honors him and Mark Clark, also killed in the raid. thetriibe.com/2023/06/in-c...
- Yes it’s Wednesday but supporting @baltimorebeat.bsky.social is critical no matter the day. They’re 1 of few papers serving Baltimore that does print. In a city with a huge digital divide, it’s critical to support a paper both accessible & accountable to the people. baltimorebeat.com?form=FUNDGBL...
- Be part of something bigger this #GivingTuesday. Join the Baltimore Beat community and support independent journalism that uplifts our city. Together, we can make Baltimore stronger. 💛 buff.ly/4fUMPvb
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterHow Chicago leaves communities in the dust - chicagoreader.com/news-politics/city-…
- Reposted by Brandi Collins-DexterHello #Baltimore! Second Chance Inc. is happy to make its way to Bluesky! If you're looking for rare #architectural finds, incredible #vintage goods or #reclaimed building materials, come visit us at our South Baltimore warehouse Wednesday–Friday from 9 to 5! Learn more at SecondChanceInc.org!
- Wouldn’t consider myself a historian. But as someone who studied law as a trade it is absolutely stunning to learn how many punitive, property and regressive labor laws exisit because of racism/to maintain racial capitalism. Basically every American law. It’s unsurprising but overwhelming.
- “By underspending on crime & immigration messaging, + primarily running “tough-on-crime” ads in response to GOP attacks, Dems missed an opportunity to close the volume and trust gap around crime with a strong values-based message.” Morning 📖 from Vera Institute veraaction.org/resource/saf...
- Also a reminder that the retail industry manufactured a retail crime wave crisis & scapegoated immigrant, homeless & BIPOC communities to bail themselves out of mass losses due to COVID, shifts in consumer behavior & the $17B+ they owe in opioid settlements. progressive.org/op-eds/myth-...
