Amaka Okechukwu
Assoc Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies | Author of To Fulfill These Rights: Political Struggle over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions (2019) | Oral Historian | Social Movements, Race/Place/Space, Black Brooklyn 📍Bmore
- Does anyone have any recommendations for texts on the Carnation Revolution (Portugal)?
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuZero percent chance this is true.
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuPeople are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuMarco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
- The second thing I thought honestly
- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuI'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
- My dear friend www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuI'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuAn amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuEvery time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions. They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
- The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry. to.pbs.org/45HtATc
- For grad students in Black Studies www.agatheringtogether.com/undiscipline...
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuMy PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuAnti-trans policies don't just hurt trans people. They hurt anyone who doesn't fit neatly into a pink box or a blue one. And they hurt the rest of us by creating pressure to ensure that we always fit neatly into our box.
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- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuImagine trying to deport someone for their "expected beliefs"
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- Went to go renew my ASA (sociology) membership and it’s almost 500 dollars. Not including registration for the conference. And I’m supposed to be organizing sessions this year?
- Reposted by Amaka OkechukwuIf you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
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- The way me and accounts payable be tussling over these reimbursements….
- Sociologists, please nominate folk for the ASA Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology. Jan 1st deadline. www.asanet.org/about/awards...
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- www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... New pub, where I explore Black placemaking in nyc through hip hop, bebop, and Black politics vis a vis Fab 5 Freddy, his father, and grandfather. Can send pdf if stuck behind paywall
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